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A Dialectical Dictionary of Neret – Macedonian to English – S –saat – 1. hour. 2. clock, watch, time piece
saati – hours saato – the hour, o'clock, as in koga doide chetiri
saato – when 4 o'clock arrived Sabota – Saturday Sabotinite (*, Sabotite) – the Saturdays sademe (sadevme, sadime) – we sow, we sowed, we plant,
we planted sadenite (*, sadi) – the planted sadeno (sadi) – sown seeds sadi – sow, to plant, as in sow seeds saini (sanki) – sleds, , sleighs, snowboards made of
whatever material was at hand sakae (sakale) – they wanted sakaldisan (sakaldisa) – upset, worried, annoyed sakaldisana – upset, worried sakaldisfa (sakaldisuva) – worry, disturb sakaldisfe (*) – worried sakaldisvae (*) – they worried sakaldisvai (sakaldisfaj) – worry, be upset sakaldisvashe (*) – worried, was upset sakale – they wanted sakato – crippled, unsound sake – want saklma (sakalma) – worry, anguish saklmi (sakalmi) – worries, anguish Saliki Avenu (*) – (English) Saliki Avenue samata – 1. itself, yourself, herself, himself,
by it/ your/ her/ himself, alone. 2. only sambotas (*) – trouble samostoalna (samostojna, samostoen) (see samostojalna)
– independent, self-governing samostoalni (samostojni) – (plural e.g. they
are/ they want to be) independent, self-governing samostojalna (samostoalna) – independent, self-governing
samostojalnos (samostojnost) – independence samostojalnosta (*) – independence sanosh (sanokj) – all night Sanremo (*) – the city Sanremo in Italy Saraevo (*) – Sarajevo sarai (saraj) – palace sardjen (*) – (English) sergeant sat (*)– all sata (*) – all sati (*) – all satio (*) – all, all the, the entire, the whole sato (*) – all se – 1. (plural) are, as in koi
se – who are. 2. everyone, everything, all sea (see sega) – now seat (sejat) – sow, sowed, planted sebesi – oneself sedat – sit, sits sedate (sedite) – (plural, a command for more
than one to) sit sedea – they sat sedee (sedele, sedea) – they sat, they were sitting
sedeme (sedevme, sedime) – we sat sedname (sedneme) – we sat sednuvae (sednale) – they sat sednuvame (sednevme) – we sat Sedom Kladenci (*) – an area near Neret with seven water
springs Sedom Kladenckata (*) – of the area near Neret with
seven water springs sedomte (sedumte) – the seven sefte – in the first place, first time, beginning, start sega (see sea) – now seimensfo (semejstvo) – family, extended family seir – sight, show, spectacle sekak (sekako) – anyway, in any and every way sekakvi – all sorts of sekle – cut, sever sekoa – 1. cut, sever. 2. (sekoja) each,
every sekogash – always, every time sekoi (sekoj) – each, every sekretar – secretary sekretaro (sekretarot) – the secretary sekuriti (*) – (English) security selanka – female villager selanki – female villagers selankite – the female villagers selca – little villages, hamlets selce – little village, hamlet Selishche (*, selishte) – 1. a small village
next to Neret that is now gone. 2. settlement, small settlement,
village selot (seloto) – the village senata (*) (see senoto) – the hay, the straw,
the stacks of hay sendralnio (centralniot) (see sentralnio) – the
central senka –shade, shadow, silhouette seno – hay, straw senoto – the hay, the straw sentar (centar) – centre sentralnio (centralniot) (see sendralnio) – the
central Septenvri (Septemvri) – September Seres (*) – the city of Serres Sereshkata (*) – of Seres, as in Sereshkata okolia
– the Seres region Sereshko (*) – of Seres sestri – sisters setninata – the end, the end of life sfadba – wedding sfadbata (svadbata) – the wedding sfadbite (svadbite) – the weddings sfakialnica (*) – ritual bread that is taken to church
such as for weddings sfakialnicata (*) – the ritual bread that is taken to
church such as for weddings sfekoro (*, sfekor, svekorot) – father-in-law sfekrvata (*, sfekrva, svekrvata)– mother-in-law sfekrvi (svekrvi) – mothers-in-law sfekrvite (*, svekrvi) – the mothers-in-law sfesta (svesta) – consciousness, awareness sfestat (svestat) (see svestat) – become aware,
realize sfet – world Sfeta Gora (Sveta Gora) (see Sveta Gora) – Mount
Athos sfeti – saint sfetica – a religious icon sfeto – the world Sfetovnata Komoniska Partia (Svetskata Komunisticka Partija)
– the Communist International, the World Communist Party sfichko (sichko) – all, everything, a lot sfirach (svirach) – musician sfirachite (svirachite) – the musicians sfirachka (svirachka) – musical, as in sfirachka
grupa – musical group sfirat (svirat) – they play (musical instrument/s) sfirbaddji (svirachi) – musicians sfirbaddjite (*) – the musicians sfirea (svirea) – they played (music) sfirel (svirel) – play, played (music) sfireshe (svireshe) – played (music) sfiri (sviri) – play (a musical instrument) sfirka (svirka) – musical sfirki (svirki) – musicians sfirkite (svirkite) – 1. the musicians 2.
the musical instruments sfrsh (svreshen, svrshi) – end, finish sfrshime – we finished sfrshvae (svrshuvale) – they finished sfrska (svrska) – connection, link, bond sfrtei (*) – turns, turning sfrteni (svrteni) – turned Shabaileata (*) – of the Shabailev family, as in
Shabaileata kukia – the Shabailev house shamia (shamija) – scarf, headscarf, kerchief shamiata (shamijata) – the scarf shamii – scarves Shamkuri (*) – a hardware shop in Lerin likely owned
by the Shamkuri family shapkata – the hat, the cap, the priest's headwear shareni – multicolored, colorful shchipne (shchipni, shtipe) – pinch, as in pinch skin
shchuka – listen, hear shchukash (*) – listen, hear sheachni (shajachen) – homespun, homemade fabrics, as
in sheachni plachki – homespun clothes sheaci (shajaci) – homespun fabrics sheak (shajak) – homespun fabric Shechko (Sechko) – February shenica (*) – a ceremonial fire in a hole in the ground
sheroi (*) – (English share, Macedonian plural
oi) 1. to share. 2. shares sheroite (*) – (English shares, Macedonian
plural oite – the) 1. sharing, together with. 2.
the shares sheste – the six, as in sheste Nevolci –
the six from Nevoleni shesto – the sixth shetae (shetale) – they walked about, they wandered,
they traveled shetame – we walked about, we wandered, we traveled
shetashe – traveled, walked, wandered shia (shijam) – sew shiachka (shijachka) – sewing shieme – we sewed shiesh – sew, sewing Shiptarcki – Albanian, as in Shiptarcki sela
– Albanian villages Shiptarckite (*, Shiptarski) – (plural) the Albanian,
as in Shiptarckite sela – the Albanian villages Shiptarite – the Albanians shire (shirele) – they spread, they enlarge shiri – spread, widen, enlarge shirina – width, wide shiritche (shirit) – a small ribbon or braid shkenbata (*, shkembe) – the stomach Shkia (*) – a place near Mt Athos that people went to
to work, to cut wood, and took their goats to in winter for better
grazing shkinari (*) – people dressed for a festival shkinarite (*) – the people dressed for a festival shkurtica (*) – a game with long sticks and one short
stick and the player picks a stick and if it is the short stick then
they go first, or have to do a job shlupkata (*, shlupka) – the peel, the skin of fruit sho (shto) – what, who, which, that, why Short Stori Fo Bolgaria (*) – (English) the title
of a book shoshia (soshie) – sew shovinistichka – chauvanistic shpionea (shpionira) – spied, they spied shpioneshe (shpionira) – spied shpioneti (shpioni) – spies shpioneto (*) – the spying, the espionage shpionkata – female spy shpionsfa (shpionazha) – espionage shpionsfo (shpionstvo) – spying, espionage shpionsfoto (shpionstvoto) – the spies, the spying,
the espionage shpirtosano (shpirtosa) – embalmed, preserved in alcohol
or spirits shtab – military headquarters shtap (shtab) – military headquarters shuma – woods, leaves, foliage, greenery, dried branches
and twigs shumata – the woods, the leaves, the foliage, the greenery,
the dried branches and twigs shumki – bushes, foliage, leaves, branches, twigs shupelkite – the flutes Shupur (*) – a place near Neret shura – brother-in-law, wife's brother shushke (shushka) – they whisper Sibiria (Sibir) – Siberia sidelo (sedelo) – nest Sidnei (*) – (English) Sydney Siderokastro (*) – the name of a town siderosfe (*) – iron clothes, as in mu gi siderosfe
plachkite – I ironed his clothes Sila (*) – Silas, who was a friend of the apostle Paul
simae – (si imae) – they had simam (si imam) – I have simame (si imame) – we have, we had simashe (si imashe) – he had, she had simate (si imate) – you have sime (si ime) – I have sindjiri – chains sindjirite – the chains Sini Kamenie (*) – a place near Neret sinoi (sinoj) – sons sinor – border, boundary, precinct sinori (*) – borders, boundaries sinoro (sinorot) – the border, the boundary sinzhir (sinchir) – chain sirachinia (sirachinja) – orphans, orphaned siraci – orphans sireninia (sirenja) – cheeses sirenje – cheese Sirianckio (*) – Syrian Sirnata Nedela (*) – a Sunday when Neretsi ate only
cheese as part of fasting siroma – poor, destitute, wretched (literally and
or figuratively) siromao (siromaviot) – the poor, the destitute, the
wretched siromashchia (siromashtija) – poverty siromashchiata (siromashtijata) – the poverty siromashka – poor, destitute, wretched siromashki – poor, destitute, wretched siromasi – poor people, destitute people, wretched people
siromasite – the poor people, the destitute people,
the wretched people sirotinite (*, siroten, sirotite) – the poor people
sistim (sistem) – (English) system sit – full, satisfied sit gladen ne verva (sit gladen ne veruva) – an old
expression meaning ‘the well-fed don't believe the hungry', ‘the
wealthy don't understand what it is like to be poor' sita – strainer, sieve sitata (*, sita) – the sieve siti – (plural they/ we are) full, satisfied,
satiated sitiarhino (*) – army leader, an army or police official.
The word may be a Macedonianized version of the Greek word stratiarhis,
meaning a General, but villagers may also have used it to refer to
any high ranking official in a uniform. sitiste (*) – (Greek) feed situacia (situacija) – situation situaciata (situacijata) – the situation Skala (*) – an area of land near the village of Lagen
skapvae (skapuvale) – they rotted, they decayed skaran (skaral) – fallen out, at odds with, in a quarrel
skarani (skaraat) – have fallen out, are at odds with,
are in a quarrel skarvae (*) – they fell out, they quarreled skaut – scout Skeche (*) – old name for Xanthi Skilanthropi (*) – (Greek) the title of a Greek
book skinae (skinale) – tore, tore up skiname (skinavme) – we tore up skine – tear, rip skinuva – torn, ripped, tears skita – wander, roam sklon – bow, bend, agree sklona – bowed, agreed sklonat – bow, agree sklonvae (sklonuvaat) – they bowed, they agreed sklucheni – joined, linked skluchvae (*) – they joined, they linked with skokal – jumped, leaped about, jerked skolinia (shkolii) – schools skoluvan (shkoluvan) – educated Skopie (Skopje) – Skopje skorna – woke up skratuvanje – abbreviation, shortening skriat (skrijat) – hide, conceal skrie – they hide, they conceal skrieme – we hide, we hid, as in da se skrieme
– to hide ourselves skrime (skrieme) – we hid skrishno – secretly skritei (skrijte) – (plural) hide, as in
zemi gi via i skritei nekade – take these and hide them somewhere
skrshen – broken skrshi – to break skrshime – we broke skrshuvae (*) – they broke skrshvashe (*) – broke, cracked skunale (skloni) – they bowed, they bent, they inclined
skunata (skloni) – bowed, bent, inclined skupchi – curl up, roll up, collect skut – lap skuto – the lap slabee – weaken slama – straw slamieto (slamata) – the straw slaninie (slanini) – bacon slatki – pastries, sweets slecheni (slechen) – clothed slegoa – they descended, they came down, they took down,
as in slegoa zaednichki – they came down together slegome (slegovme) – we went down slegu (*) – I went down, I go out of, as in jaska
slegu – I went down, I got out of slegvaja (sleguvaat) – they went down, they came down
slegvash (sleguvash) – you go down, you come down slegvate (sleguvate) – (plural you all) go down,
come down slekle – undressed, stripped slekoa – undress slekvame (slekuvame) – we undressed slepo – blind slezat – descend, go down, come down slezena – had come out, was out and about, as in
beshe slezena da prodava drva – she had come out to sell wood
slezeni (*) – they had come out, they were out and about,
as in bea slezeni – they had come out slezite (slezete) – (plural you all) come out,
go out sliva – plum, plum tree Sliveni (*) – the name of a village slivi – plums, plum trees sloga – syllables slozhenite – the combined, the joined, the compound
sluchia (sluchea) – happened sluchka – event, incident sluchki – events sluchuvashe – occurred, happened slushae (slushale) – they listened, they heard slushash – hear, listen slushashe – heard, as in ne se slushashe –
could not be heard slushe (slushne) – hear, listen slushnal – heard slushname (slushame) – we heard slushnato (slushnat) – heard slushnuvae (*) – (plural they) hear, heard, listened,
as in ke slushnuvae vo seloto – they will hear in the
village sluze (sluzhele) – they serve, they officiate, they
celebrate sluzea (sluzhea) – they celebrated, they attended, they
served sluzeno (sluzhen) – served sluzhat – serve, officiate, celebrate sluzhe – serve, officiate, celebrate sluzhea – they celebrated, they attended, they served sluzheme (sluzhime, sluzhevme) (see sluzhime) –
1. we served, we gave service 2. we celebrated. 3.
we attended sluzheshe – served, worked, waited on sluzhime (see sluzheme) – 1. we serve.
2. we celebrate. 3. we work, we wait on. 4. we
served. 5. we celebrated. 6. we worked, we waited on.
smeata – the joke, the laughter smenime – we change smenvashe (*) – changed, as in toi mu gi smenvashe
parite – he changed the money (currency) for them smenvatieto (*) – the change of, the exchange of smetae (smetale) – they calculated, they considered
smetate – (plural you all) calculate, count,
consider, estimate, imagine, reckon smetvae (*) – they swept smil – yellow everlasting Smilof Rit (*) – Smilof Hill, the name of a hill near
Neret smiri – calm, ease, reconcile smirish – calm down smisli – thought about smislime – 1. we think, 2. we thought,
we decided, we intended Smoro (*) – bush land and a mountain in Neret heading
south towards Bapchor, not far from the ornitsa. snaa – daughter-in-law, sister-in-law snagata – the body snai – daughters-in-law, sisters-in-law snce (sonce) – sun snceto (sonceto) – the sun snchina (sonchevina) – a ray of sunshine, a bit of sunshine
sne (nie sne) (see sni) – are, as in nie
sne – we are snego (snegot) – the snow snek – snow snemozhil (snemozhel) – was unwell, felt weak, felt
ill, fainted sni (nie sne) (see sne) – we, as in sni
bile – we are snopie (snopi) – bundles, sheafs, as in bundles
of wheat snoshchi (snoshti) – last night soblacheno (soblachno, oblachen) – cloudy, overcast
sobra – gathered, collected sobrae (sobrale) – they gathered, they collected sobrame (sobravme) – we gathered, we collected sobran – gathered, collected Sofuli (*) – the Greek politician Themistoklis Sofoulis
soglasfa (soglasva) – agree soglasfashe (soglasuvashe) (see soglasvashe) –
agreed soglasia (soglasija) – they agreed soglasie – they agreed soglasvashe (soglasuvashe) (see soglasfashe) –
agreed sogradeno (*) – fenced, fenced in/ off sogradi – 1. to fence. 2. to build sogradia (*) – 1. fenced in/ off, enclosed. 2.
built soi – family, breed, ancestry soidini (soedini) – joined, connected, united sojo (sojot) – the extended family sojovi (sojevi) – extended families sojuznik – ally, allied sok – juice soko (sokot) – the juice sokol – falcon sokolo – the falcon Solun – Salonika sopleteni (soplete, splete) – knitted Sorovicho (*) – a city east of Lerin sosem – completely sosialiskio (*) – the socialist, as in sosialiskio
sistim – the socialist system sotrichat (sotrat) – destroy, defeat sotriche (sotre) – destroy, defeat sotrichi (*) – destroy, defeat sotrichia (*) – destroyed, defeated Sovietckio Sojuz (*, Sovetcki Soyuz) – the Soviet
Union sozdade – create, make spae (*) (see spale) – they slept spale (see spae) – they slept spame (*) (spieme) – we slept spani – (*) (plural we/ they) slept, as in
ne beme spani taja vecher – we had not slept that evening Spania (Shpanija) (see Ispania) – Spain spanie (spanje) – sleep spano (*) – slept spasia (spasija) – was saved, was rescued speshial – (English) special, especially spi – sleep spieshe – slept spitalieto (*) – (Macedonianization of the phrase)
the hospital spitaliniata (*) – (Macedonianization of the phrase)
the hospitals spoi (spoj) – join, combine, put together spolaiti (spolajti) – thank you spolaivi (*) – thank you sposovenio (sposoven) – able, talented, capable, as
in nai sposovenio choek – the most capable man sposovni (sposoven) – (plural) able, capable,
talented, as in ne sposovni lideri – incapable leaders
sposovnosta (sposobnosta) – the ability, the talent,
the capability sprecha (sprecham) – prevent sprechi – prevent sprechia (sprechija) – prevented sprema – ready, got ready, readied spremae (spremale) – they prepared spremame – we prepared, we got ready, as in se
spremame – we prepared spremashe – prepared, got ready spremat – prepare spretu (*) – prior, before, according to spushtiv – I lowered, I reduced Srbi – Serbians Srbia (Srbija) – Serbia srcha – glass, as in edna srcha so rakia –
a glass of brandy srchi – glasses, eg drinking glasses srke (srkne, srkaat) – they sip, they slurp, plural
as in edni ku mleko da srke – some drank it like milk srma – silver gilted thread srp – sickle srp i chekan – hammer and sickle Srpcki – Serbian, of Serbia, as in Srpcki komiti
– Serbian committee srpoi i chekani (srpovi i chekani) – hammers and sickles
stadata (stadoto) – the flocks, the herds stafida – dried currents, raisins, sultanas Stalingrat – Stalingrad stalno – constantly, all the time Stamenoite – the extended Stamenov family stanalo – happened staname – we stood up, we got up stanato – happened, become Stanbol – Istanbul stanciata – the station standardizirani (standardiziran) – (plural they
were) standardized standardizirav (standardizira) – standardized stanval (stanal) – stood stap– 1. (shtab) headquarters. 2. (stap)
stick stapovi – sticks, canes starci – old people stasiono (*) – (English station, Macedonian
o for ot – the) the station Statica (*) – a village near Lerin Staticheneco (*) – a name indicating of/from the village
Statica statistikite – the statistics stava – 1. happen, is happening. 2. stay,
stays. stavae (stavale) – they happened stavase (stava, stavi) – 1. stood up. 2.
was put on stavashe – happened, there happened stavat – (plural) to get up, become, to go away,
put an end to, as in stavat snegovite – the snow lifts
stavate (stavite) – (plural) you all get up Stavridi (*) – the name of a teacher in Neret stechi (steche) – well up, gush stegni – tighten, clamp, constrict stekoa (istekoa) – overflowed, broke banks, flooded
stekvae (*) – they overflowed, they broke their banks,
they flooded stemna – darkened, darken stemni – get dark, darken stena – rock, cliff steni – moan, groan steshino (*) – (English station, Macedonian
o for ot –the) the station stetoi (*) – (English state, Macedonian
plural oi) states stiga – enough, is enough stigae (stigale) – 1. they were enough. 2.
they reached stignae (stignale) – (plural) they reached, they
arrived stignafme (stignavme) – we reached, we arrived stigname – we reached, we arrived at stignish (*) – reach, catch up with stiso – the wall stisoi (*) – walls stisoite (*, stisojte) – the walls stisovite (stisojte) (sidovite) – the walls stoae (stojaa, stoeja) – they stayed stoal (stojal) – stood, figuratively stayed stoame (stoime, stoevme) – we stayed stoat (stojat) – stays, there stays stoea (stoeja) – stood stoel – stood stoeshe – stood, standing, figuratively stood for stoka – goods, wares, possessions stolicata – the capital city, the seat, the throne stoloite (stolovite) – the seats, the benches stolovi – seats stomna – earthenware jug, pitcher stopan – owner, master, householder, master of the house stopano – the owner, the master, the householder, the
master of the house storeman (*) – (English) storeman stori – do, make, made, satisfy, happen storime – we made, we thought, as in gi storime
Germanci – we thought they were Germans storoi – (English store, Macedonian plural
oi) stores, storerooms, cellars storvae (*) – they ripened stotini – hundreds, in the hundreds, by the hundreds stra – fear, afraid, fearful strabota (srabotuva) – worked, do, make, to finish strabotame (*) – we work, we could work, we will work strabotana (*) – worked strabotani (*) – (plural they/them) worked strabotano (*) (zaraboteno) – 1. worked. 2.
worked for, earned strabotash (*) – to work stradani (strada) – suffering, wanting stramea (sramea) – they were shy/ embarrassed/ retiring
stramlif (sramezhliv) – shy, embarrassed, retiring stramno (sramno) – shameful, embarrassing Stranieto (*) – a place near Neret and Smilof Rit stransfo (stranstvo) – other countries, abroad straoi – fears strata (*, stra) – the fear strategichko (strategiski) – strategic stratologos (*) – (Greek) recruiter Stredata (*, Streda, Sredata) – the Wednesday Strede Rek (*) – an area of land in Neret on the mountain
in Tumba Mala strede – middle, centre stredinata (sredinata) – the centre strekia (srekja) – happiness, luck strekiata (srekjata) – the good luck, fortune strekni – (srekjni) happy, lucky strelae (strelale) – shoot them, hit them strele (strela) – they shoot, they hit stresfo (stresov) – stressed, stressing stretat (stretna, sretat) – meet, encounter stretia (sretoa) – they met, they encountered stretna (sretna) – met, meet, encounter stretnae (sretnale) – they met stretnete (sretnete) – you all meet stretnuvae (sretnuvale) – they met stretnuvame (sretnuvame, sretnavme) – we met, we meet,
we encountered Strezoite (*) – the extended Strezov family strikoi (strikovi) – uncles who are the father's brothers,
a way of addressing males who are older or a generation older strogo – strictness, strictly stroinici (strojnici) – matchmakers for marriage stroinicite (strojnicite) – the matchmakers for marriage
stroive (stroi) – they formed up, they lined up, they
matched Struga – the city of Struga in the Republic of Macedonia Struma (*)– the river Struma near Serres Strumica (*) – the city of Strumica in the Republic
of Macedonia struvame (*) – we are worth, we are worthy, as in
ne struvame – we are not worth stut – cold stuta (*) – the cold stutta (*) – the cold sudii – judges sudo (sudot) – the law court Sufio Pampur (*) – the name of a train station in Lerin Sufli (*) – a town in Thrace Suicland (Svajcarija) – Switzerland suidinene (soedinenie) – they come together, they join,
they unite suidineni – 1. combine, join, unite. 2.
combined, joined, united suidinenie (soedinenie) – unity suidinie (soedinija) – they came together, they joined
together suiznici (sojuznici) – allies sultato (*, sultanat) – the sultanate Suprim Kort (*) – (English) Supreme Court surat – mask, face surati – masks, faces suredi – put in order, deal with, sort out Suroa (surova) – New Year's Eve Surovica gabrovica gabro konio viavashe takofio mu se mavashe
(*) – a bawdy rhyming New Year's Eve song about jumping on a
horse and its private part waving around/ moving side to side sut (sud) – trial suvi – dry, dried out suvo – land sveduv (svedov) – reduced svestat (see sfestat) – become aware, realize
Sveta Gora (see Sfeta Gora) – Mount Athos sveticata – the saint (female) Sveti Kliment (*) – Saint Clement Sveti Luka (*) – Saint Luke svetoven – world, worldly svetovni – of the world, worldly svirbachi (*) (svirbi) (see sfirbaddji) – musicians svirbachite (*) (see sfirbaddjite) – the musicians svita – bright, glowing A Dialectical Dictionary of Neret – Macedonian to English
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