Rose & Amado,

OK - it's posted. Couldn't remember where this thread was, so it's in a thread of its own - here . Of course, I rediscovered this one immediately afterwards

Many years,

Neil

BRAVO!

THANKS NEIL, AS IT NEEDED A THREAD OF IT'S OWN.

Dead link. "Topic doesn't exist". Looking forward to a working link.

Try this one: Click Here

In IC XC,
Father Anthony+

No clergy, please - this question is for lay people only!

Recently I was amused to read through a fat prayer-book purporting to be in "modern English". In most of the book, the language has indeed been unbearably dumbed down.

However, I was even more amused to find the word "parturition" in a text intended for singing by the congregation.

So my question is easily stated: how many of our lay participants in this Forum (and I strongly suspect that most of our lay participants are well-educated) could tell the meaning of the word "parturition" without needing a dictionary?

Fr. Serge

ME

But think of my background in nursing

Anyone with a background in medicine - including nursing - would certainly understand that word.

Fr. Serge

Would that mean that the differnt sides of the Church alternate? Or men and women? I am going by 'part' meaning that differnt ones would take differnt parts.

And yes, I am just guessing

cadja , may be cadylo , cadinnja ??

Is metania plural? If so, is metany singular?


I think it has been long enough to check a dictionary on Fr. Serge's request:

par·tu·ri·tion /ˌpɑrtʊˈrɪʃən, -tyʊ-, -tʃʊ-/ [pahr-too-rish-uhn, -tyoo-, -choo-]
–noun Biology. the process of bringing forth young.

[Origin: 1640–50; < LL parturītiōn- (s. of parturītiō) travail, equiv. to L parturīt(us) (ptp. of parturīre; see parturient) + -iōn- -ion]

par·tu·ri·tion (pär'ty-rĭsh'ən, -t-, pär'chə-)
n. The act or process of giving birth; childbirth.

[Late Latin parturītiō, parturītiōn-, from Latin parturītus, past participle of parturīre, to be in labor; see parturient.]

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American Heritage Dictionary

Along these lines, what gripes me and maybe other "common" people is the frequent and over-use of formal Latin terms and it seems like its assumed that readers all know or are familiar with these technical terms. I don't think anyone is trying to impress anyone with their knowledge of Latin but for the benefit of the others maybe the first time a Latin term is used an English translation in paenthesis could follow.

Make a list of what you are lookng for and I'll try and find all names that pertain to that question----- -

PRIEST---Farar--Otcet----Otcet Duchovnik----Knaz a letter z s a l etc sound diffrent when a check mark is on tot of letter or another slash mark---words are prenounce different in various Slovanik slangs: Naj ce Boh pozehna tebe i tvoju Familiu

ZBOHOM

Cool, dude. This helps!
Ed

Slava Isusu Christu!

If I can get a definitive answer here I will be a happy man. I'm in a debate with an old friend, also cradle Byzantine. The word for father is otec, as in my father. The word for "daddy" I've heard as otecko. Now, when speaking about a priest, is it Otec or Otce?

And my recollection is duze moja means "my soul." Correct?

Thanks

Tim

Tim,

I think it is "dushe moja", as in the the beginning stanza to the Festal Hirmos. "Duzhe" is the adverb "very".

Also, most Rusyns use the Hungarian "Njan'o" for dad-daddy.

Ungcsertezs