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pan sir, Mr., Lord
pani lady, Mrs.
panna maiden, Miss
panski Lord's
[roku panskiego] [in the year of our Lord]
panstwowy state, of the state
parafia parish
parobek farmworker
pasierb stepchild
pasterz herdsman
pazdziernika of October
pelnoletnosc age of consent, legal age
piatek Friday
piaty fifth
piec five
piecdziesiat(y) fifty (fiftieth)
piecset(ny) five hundred(th)
piekarz baker
pierwszego on the first
pierwszy first
pietnascie fifteen
pietnasty fifteenth
pisac to write
pismo letter, correspondence
plci meskiej male
plci zenskiej female
plec gender, sex
po after
pochowanie burial
pod under
podatek tax
podlug according to
podobny similar
podpis signature
podpisany signed
podrzutek foundling
podwójny duplicate
pogrzeb burial
pogrzebany buried
pól half
pólnoc midnight, north
pológ childbirth, labor
polski Polish
poludnie noon, south
pomorski Pomeranian
poniedzialek Monday
poniewaz because
poprzedni previous
poprzedzil preceded
posiada has, is in possession of
poslubil married
poszukiwanie research, search of
potem after
potok stream
pow. (powiat) district
powinowaty relative
powyzsze previously mentioned
pozostaly left behind, surviving
pozostawil left behind, was survived by
pozwolenie permission
prababa (prababka) great-grandmother
pracowity diligent, hard-working
pradziadek great-grandfather
prawdopodobnie in all likelihood, probably
prawego loza legitimate
prawny legal
prawo law, right
prawoslawny orthodox
prawowity legitimate
prawy right, true
proboszcz parish priest
prosba request
prosimy we request
protestancki Protestant
pruski Prussian
przed in front of, before
przedtem before
przekonal convinced
przeslany sent
przeszly preceding
[roku przeszlego] [of the preceding year]
przez by
przodem before
przodków of ancestors
przy by, with, during
przyczyna cause, reason
przyjaciel friend
przypadek circumstance, occurrence, case
[z bojazni przypadku] [for fear of the circumstance (i.e., baptized on an emergency basis because the child was in danger of dying)]
przyrodni step-, half-, (as in stepbrother, half brother)
przytomnosc presence
przyzwolenie consent
puchlina dropsy, edema, swellling

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