Vocabulary
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| Czech Word |
English Word |
Comment |
| a |
and |
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| Aufschlager |
breaker,cracker,cutter |
possibly = a builder. A German word. |
| baba |
old woman |
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| babicka, babka |
grandmother |
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| bratr |
brother |
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| brezen |
March |
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| budovani |
construction |
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| bydliste |
residence |
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| byl,byli |
was,were |
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| celolanik |
all fields? |
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| cera |
short for dcera? |
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| cerven |
June |
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| cervenec |
July |
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| chalupa, cp. |
small house |
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| chalupnik |
cottager, cotter |
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| chlapec |
boy |
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| cirkev |
church |
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| cislo, c. |
number |
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| ctvrti |
quarter (1/4) |
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| ctvrtnik |
small holder (property) |
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| ctyri |
four |
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| datum |
date |
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| dcera |
daughter |
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| dedecek |
grandfather |
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| dedina |
village |
used more in Slovakia |
| dejinam |
history |
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| den |
day |
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| deset |
ten |
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| deti |
children |
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| devce |
girl, maid |
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| devecka |
not found |
little girl?? |
| devet |
nine |
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| devka |
female |
modern use is slut,whore |
| dite |
child |
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| dne |
today, the present |
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| do |
into |
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| domkar |
cottager |
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| druhy |
second (in rank) |
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| drzitele |
holder, possessor |
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| duben |
April |
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| duchodce |
pensioner |
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| dum |
house |
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| dva |
two |
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| dvojcata |
twins |
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| dvor |
hall,farmyard,courtyard |
hof in German |
| dvur |
courtyard, estate |
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| evangelicky |
protestant |
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| fara,farni,farnost |
parish |
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| Gedenhandler |
not found |
a German word |
| groshen |
coin |
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| grunt |
ground, farm land |
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| hory |
mountains |
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| hospodar |
farmer |
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| hrbitov |
cemetery |
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| ja |
I (as in me) |
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| jaky |
what |
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| je |
is |
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| jecmene |
barley |
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| jeden |
one |
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| jehnat |
lambs |
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| jeho |
his |
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| jeji |
her |
dcera jeji = her daughter, not theirs. |
| Jihocesky |
South Bohemia |
includes Trebon, Suchdol nad Luznici, etc. |
| jmeno |
name |
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| jsem |
I am |
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| k |
to,toward/s |
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| katolicky |
Catholic |
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| kde |
where |
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| kdy |
when |
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| klaster |
monastery |
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| kmotri |
Godparent |
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| knez |
priest |
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| kniha |
book |
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| knihovna |
library |
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| konsel |
alderman, town council. |
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| kopanice |
1.solitary cottages on |
slopes.2. hand-cultivated field on a slope. |
| kopytar |
hoofed animal |
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| korec |
7/10 of an acre |
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| kostel |
church |
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| kovar |
blacksmith |
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| kovar |
smith |
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| kr. |
money, like a penny |
smallest denomination and 1/100 of their "dollar". |
| kraj |
county,region |
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| kralovstvi |
kingdom |
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| krejci |
tailor |
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| krest,krestni |
baptism |
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| kronika |
chronicle |
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| krtitel |
baptism |
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| kupec |
merchant |
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| kveten |
May |
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| lan, lanu, l. |
field, 44 to 45 acres |
24 hectares. |
| leden |
January |
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| let |
years |
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| list |
certificate |
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| listopad |
November |
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| louky |
meadow |
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| loze |
legitimacy status |
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| ma |
have |
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| majetek |
possession |
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| maly |
small |
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| manzel |
husband |
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| manzelka |
wife |
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| manzelsky |
legitimate |
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| matka |
mother |
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| matrika |
vital records register |
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| mesic |
month |
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| mesto |
town |
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| mezi |
between |
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| mi |
me |
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| mirka |
credit |
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| mistni |
local |
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| misto |
place |
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| mladenec |
bachelor |
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| mlynar |
miller |
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| muz |
man, husband |
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| my |
we |
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| myslivec |
hunter,gamekeeper |
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| na |
on,in,to,into,at, etc. |
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| nabozenstvi |
religion |
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| nad |
over |
Dvory nad Luznici = town of Dvory on the Luznici River |
| nadenik |
day laborer |
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| narozeni |
born, birth |
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| nazev |
title, name |
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| neb |
or |
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| neboli, neb. |
alias |
2nd surname, often the name of the house |
| nemanzelsky |
illegitimate |
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| neuvedeno |
means not mentioned |
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| nevesta |
bride |
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| nezenaty |
single, unmarried |
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| novemu roku |
new year |
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| novy |
new |
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| nyni |
now |
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| o,od,ode |
of,from |
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| obchodnik |
merchant |
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| obdobi |
period (of time) |
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| obec |
town,community |
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| obyvatel, obyv. |
inhabitants |
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| oddaci list |
marriage certificate |
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| okres |
district |
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| osada |
settlement |
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| osum |
eight |
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| otec |
father |
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| ova |
female surname ending |
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| ovce |
sheep |
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| oves |
oats |
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| ovsa |
fruit |
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| pacholek |
groom (occupation) |
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| pan |
Mr.,Mister |
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| panna |
maiden |
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| pasak |
herdsman |
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| pastevec |
pasture |
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| pastevnice |
not found |
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| pastorek |
step or foster child |
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| pastyr,pastejr |
shepherd |
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| perkous |
small pieces? |
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| pet |
five |
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| po |
up to, down to |
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| pod |
below,under |
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| poddany |
subject (to nobility) |
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| podle |
according to |
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| podradeny |
subordinate |
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| podruh |
subject (to noble, etc.) |
usually farm laborer who is master's sub-tenant |
| pohlavi |
sex, gender |
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| pohranicni |
border, boundary |
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| pohrbena,pohrbit |
bury |
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| pohuncek |
not found |
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| pohunek |
farm hand |
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| pokrtit |
baptism |
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| pole |
field |
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| popis |
account, description |
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| porod |
childbirth |
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| porodni |
midwife |
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| postavil |
status, social position |
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| povolani |
occupation |
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| prarodice |
grandparents |
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| pred |
before |
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| predlice |
not found |
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| prijemi |
surname |
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| prinalezejici |
appurtenance |
like a village connected/associated with another town |
| pro |
for |
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| prosinec |
December |
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| prvni |
first |
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| psenice |
wheat |
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| pusty |
empty, neglected |
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| rector,rektor |
chancellor |
for a school, the principal or superintendent |
| rijen |
October |
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| robotavati, roboti |
corvee, service to noble |
paid in labor, produce, animals, etc. |
| rodina |
family |
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| rodiste |
birthplace |
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| rodovy |
family, ancestral |
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| rok,roku,r. |
year/s |
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| roli |
arable land |
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| rolnik |
peasant farmer |
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| rovany |
on the level of |
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| rozena, roz. |
maiden name |
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| rychtar |
village magistrate |
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| rys |
feature, trait |
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| s,se |
with,along,together |
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| safar,safarka |
steward,stewardess |
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| sahy |
6 feet square |
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| schovanec |
not found |
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| sedlak |
farmer |
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| sedum |
seven |
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| senkyr |
inn-keeper |
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| sest |
six |
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| sestra |
sister |
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| sirotek |
orphan |
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| skola |
school |
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| slepici |
chicken |
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| slouha |
doer of menial tasks |
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| sluzebny |
in service, like maid |
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| smrt |
death |
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| snatek |
marriage |
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| snoubenec |
fiance, betrothed |
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| sourozenci |
siblings |
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| spaleny |
burned, dormant |
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| srpen |
August |
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| stale |
always |
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| starosty |
care for, concern |
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| stary |
old |
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| stav |
marital status |
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| strana |
page, side |
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| strychu |
korec (7/10 acre) |
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| Suchenthal |
Suchdol in German |
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| sv. Jakuba |
St. Jacob |
name of the Catholic church at Jilovice |
| sv. Mikulase |
St. Nicholas |
name of the Catholic church at Suchdol nad Luznici |
| svadli |
seamstress |
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| svagkrova |
sister-in-law |
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| sve |
together with |
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| svec |
shoemaker |
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| svedci |
witness |
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| svetove |
world |
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| svobodny |
free, not servile |
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| svobodny/a |
unmarried |
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| svoji |
spouse |
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| syn |
son |
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| ta,to,ten |
the,that |
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| tchan |
father-in-law |
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| tesar |
carpenter |
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| tez |
too, also |
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| tkadlec |
weaver |
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| to |
it,that |
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| tri |
three |
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| ty |
you |
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| tyden |
week |
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| u |
at |
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| ucedlnik |
follower, disciple |
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| uhlir |
coal man |
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| umrel/a |
died |
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| umrti |
death |
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| unor,unora |
February |
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| urad |
office |
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| urozeny |
of noble birth |
(not a peasant) |
| uziva |
maintain, keep |
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| v odpocivat |
at rest |
seen on gravestones |
| v,ve |
at,on,in,for,as,etc. |
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| valky |
war |
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| vdana |
married |
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| vdat se |
get married (verb) |
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| vdova |
widow |
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| vdovec |
widower |
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| vedle |
beside, next to |
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| vejnosnost |
capacity? |
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| vek |
age |
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| velkoobchodnik |
large merchant |
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| velky |
large, great |
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| vert |
shop, workshop |
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| vesnice, ves |
village |
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| vlastni |
natural, biological |
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| vnouce |
grandchild |
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| vulgo |
alias |
2nd surname, often the name of the house |
| vy |
you |
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| vymenkar |
retired farmer |
usually with agreement to live on the family property |
| vymera |
assessment, ruling |
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| vysoky |
high |
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| vystavba |
construction |
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| vyznani |
religion |
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| Wittengau |
Trebon, in German |
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| y |
male surname ending |
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| z,ze |
of,from,out of |
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| za |
during,while,within |
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| zahradnik |
gardener |
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| zakonnost |
legitimate |
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| zamek |
castle, manor house |
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| zamestnani |
occupation |
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| zari |
September |
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| zde |
here,now |
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| zemedelec |
farmer of small farm |
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| zemedelstvi |
farming, agriculture |
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| zemrel,zemrit |
death |
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| zemrely/a |
deceased |
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| zena |
woman, wife |
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| zenich |
bridegroom |
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| zesnul |
died, deceased |
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| zet' |
son-in-law |
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| zidovsky |
Jewish |
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| zita |
not found |
probably = harvested, or planted |
| zito |
rye |
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| zl. |
money |
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| znak |
sign, mark |
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