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Genealogical Word List Language Characteristics GENEALOGICAL WORD LIST Czech This list contains Czech words with their English Gender. Czech words for persons, places, and translations. The words included here are those things (nouns) are classified as masculine, that you are likely to find in genealogical sources. feminine, or neuter. Adjectives used to describe If the word (or some form of it) that you are the singular and plural forms of Czech words must looking for is not on this list, please consult a have the proper masculine, feminine, or neuter Czech-English dictionary. (See the "Additional endings: Resources" section.) starý muÙ old man staµí muÙi old men Czech is a Slavic language derived from the West stará Ùena old woman staré Ùeny old women Slavic language family. Czech is related to Slovak staré msto old city stará msta old cities and Polish and is used in the genealogical sources throughout the Czech Republic. Czech is the This word list gives only the singular masculine language of the Czech Republic and was the form of adjectives. Thus, starý, stará, staré, and official language in the Czech lands of Bohemia, staµí (all forms of “old”) are listed as starý. Moravia, and Silesia in the former Czechoslovakia. In addition, the Czech language may be found in The endings of past tense verbs also change, the records of Czech communities in the United depending on the gender and number of the States, Canada, and other areas settled by Czechs. subject: Before 1918, the Czech lands were provinces of narodil se he was born Austria, which, together with Hungary, constituted narodila se she was born the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Records written narodilo se it (the child) was born before 1918 may be in German, Latin, or Czech. narodili(y) se they were born Czech records often contain German and Latin words. See the German Genealogical Word List This word list gives only the narodil se (“he was (34067) and the Latin Genealogical Word List born”) form of the past tense verb. You can (34077). conclude that narodila se means “she was born,” etc. LANGUAGE CHARACTERISTICS Plurals. Plural forms of Czech words usually Variant Forms of Words change the singular word: In Czech, the forms of most words will vary Words ending in -a change to -y: according to how they are used in a sentence. Who, Ùena wife Ùeny wives whose, whom, or marry, marries, married are examples of words in English with variant forms. Words ending in -o change to -a: In Czech, any word may have different forms, msto city msta cities depending on how it is used. This word list gives the standard form of each Czech word. The Words ending in -e and -í do not change: endings of Czech words in a document often differ ulice street ulice streets from what you find in this list. Words ending in a consonant add -y. A few words Surnames will have the added ending -ová or -á if add -i, -ové, or -e to form the plural: the person referred to is female: list page listy pages muÙ husband muÙi husbands Surname + female ending Novák Nováková The plural form may change the basic word: Pleva Plevová Novotný Novotná dít child dti children bratr brother bratµi brothers zámek palace zámky palaces Grammatical Use. The endings of Czech words Alphabetical Order can also vary, depending on the grammatical use of the words. Czech grammar requires a different Written Czech uses several letters in addition to ending for a word used as a subject, a possessive, the 26 letters used in the English alphabet: á, û, ý, an object, or with a preposition. Czech words fall é, , í, ©, ó, µ, š, Á, ú, Ï, ý, Ù. The letter combination into several classes, each with its own set of ch is also considered a single letter and is grammatical endings. Certain possessive endings alphabetized after h. Letters q, w, and x are used give the meaning “of” to a word. only in words of foreign origin. Czech dictionaries and indexes use the following alphabetical order: C Nouns change the endings to show possession. a,á b c,û d,ý e,é, f g h ch i,í j k l m n, © Nouns ending with a consonant add -a or -e: o,ó p (q) r,µ s,š t,Á u,ú,Ï v (w) ( x) y,ý z,Ù bratr brother bratra of brother muÙ husband muÙe of husband This word list follows the standard English alphabetical order. However, when you work with Nouns ending with -a add -y: alphabetized Czech records, use the Czech sestra sister sestry of sister alphabetical order. Nouns ending with -o add -a: Spelling msto city msta of city Spelling rules were not standardized in earlier Plural masculine nouns change to -Ï: centuries. In Czech, the following spelling muÙi husband muÙÏ of husbands variations are common: Plural feminine or neuter nouns drop the last i, y, and j used interchangeably vowel: s and z used interchangeably Ùeny wife Ùen of wives w used for v rz used for µ C Adjectives change the endings to show sz used for š possession. cz used for û Adjectives ending in -ý change to -ého: Czech is a phonetic language, which means words narozený born narozeného of the born are pronounced as they are written. Adjectives ending in -á change to -é: ADDITIONAL RESOURCES kµtná baptized kµtné of the baptized This word list includes the words most commonly Adjectives ending in -é change to -ého: found in genealogical sources. For further help, neznámé unknown neznámého of the use a Czech-English dictionary. Several are unknown available at the Family History Library in the European collection. The call numbers begin with Adjectives ending in -í change to -ího: 491.86321. The following dictionary is helpful první first prvního of the first when you do genealogical research and is available through most bookstores which carry Plural adjectives ending in -ý or -í add -ch: Czech books: zemµelý deceased zemµelých of the deceased erbovní heraldic erbovních of the heraldic Poldauf, Ivan. Anglicko-÷eský a ÷esko-anglický slovník (English-Czech and Czech-English These examples show some endings in context: Dictionary). Praha: Státní Pedagogické Nakladatalství, 1971. (FHL book 491.86321 µ Syn zem elého Josefa Nováka a Anny Plevové P757a; computer number 0083724) means “son of the deceased Josef Novák and of Anna Plevová (Pleva).” The following dictionary is also available on microfilm and microfiche for use in Family Ù Man elství mezi Karlem Václavem Havlem a History Centers: Barborou Marií Kozárovou means “marriage between Karel Václav Havel and Barbora Marie Kozárová (Kozár).” 2 Cheshire, Harold T. ÷esko-anglický slovník name, given (kµestní) jméno (Czech-English Dictionary). Praha: J. Otto, name, surname pµíjmení, rodné jméno, 1935. (FHL book 491.86321 C424c; film vlastní jméno 1181683 item 1-2; fiche 6001286-6001287; parent, parents rodiû, rodiûe computer number 0126919). parish farnost, fara Protestant protestant Additional dictionaries are listed in the Subject Ù Á Ù section of the Family History Library Catalog wife man elka, cho , ena under CZECH LANGUAGE—DICTIONARIES or year rok in the Locality section under CZECH REPUBLIC—LANGUAGE AND LANGUAGES. GENERAL WORD LIST These include other dictionaries and language helps, such as Czech grammar books. This general word list includes words commonly seen in genealogical sources. Numbers, months, KEY WORDS and days of the week are listed both here and in separate sections that follow this list. In order to find and use specific types of Czech records, you will need to know some key words in In this list, optional versions of Czech words or Czech. This section gives key genealogical terms variable endings (such as some plural or feminine in English with Czech translations. endings) are given in parentheses. Some Czech phrases and their translations are listed [in For example, in the first column you will find the brackets] under the most significant Czech word, English word marriage. In the second column you not the first word, of the phrase. Words in will find Czech words with meanings such as parentheses in the English column clarify the marry, marriage, wedding, wedlock, unite, definition. legitimate, joined, and other words used in Czech records to indicate marriage. Czech English A English Czech aand µ µ µ µ baptism, baptisms k est, k ty, k estní, k tít, aby so that kµtil, pokµtil adoptovaný adopted birth, births narození, narozený, adresáµ directory rodný, narodil se ale but burial, burials pohµeb, pohµby ani not even Catholic µímsko-katolický archívarchive census sûítání lidu asi perhaps, about, maybe, child dít, dcko, dÁátko circa christenings (see baptism) atd. and so forth civil registry státní matriky death, deaths úmrtí, smrt, úmrtní, umµel, zemµít, zemµel, B zesnul, skonal û father otec, otcové, otce, táta, bába (babina, babi ka) grandmother taÁka,tatík, tatínek badatel researcher husband manÙel, choÁ, muÙ bakaláµ student index seznam, rejstµík, index baráûník cottager Jewish Ùidovský barvíµ dyer marriage, marriages s©atek, s©atky, bhavka diarrhea manÙelství, svatba, bloruský Belorussian oddavky, oddací, berní ruly tax lists oddaný, oddat, oÙenil bez without se (man), vdala se bezdtný childless (woman) bezejmenný unnamed, nameless military vojsko, vojenský bílý white month m síc biµmování confirmations mother matka, matky, máma, biskup bishop mamka, maminka blízký near 3 blíÙn, blíÙ©ata twin, twins ûtyµicátý fortieth bolest pain ûtyµicet forty BoÙí the Lord’s ûtyµi sta four hundred bratr, bratµi brother, brothers ûtyµstý four hundredth bratranec cousin (male) cukrovka diabetes bµezen March bude he will, she will, it will D, ê budou they will BÏh the Lord dan taxation bydlící residing dar donation bydlišt residence datum date byl, byla, bylo was dcera, dcery daughter, daughters byli, byly were dcko child být to be dd (dda, ddek, grandfather, old man bývalý former, the late (deceased) ddeûek) ddic heir C, ÷ ddictví heritage, inheritance djiny history û.
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