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SYSTEMS OF CONSANGUINITY AND AFFINITY 



nations would probably exhibit all the diversities in the system of the Slavonic na- 

 tions. For this reason the incompleteness referred to, and which is true, to nearly 

 the same extent, of the Bulgarian, is the more to be regretted. The Bohemian form, 

 as it appears in the Table, is nevertheless Avorthy of a careful examination. 



3. Bulgarian. Two schedules of the Bulgarian are given in the Table. It 

 agrees with the Polish in a part of the first and second collateral lines. When 

 both forms are fully investigated, they will doubtless be found in full agreement. 

 The series of the first collateral line, male, is as follows : Brother, nephew, little 

 grandson, and little great-grandson. In the second collateral is found the same 

 extraordinary series before given in the Polish ; namely, chicha, " paternal uncle ;" 

 otchicha brat, "brother through paternal uncle;" otchiclia bratanetz, "nephew 

 through paternal uncle ;" and otchicha vnoolc, " grandson through paternal uncle." 

 this remarkable classification -of kindred, and which is the same in the other 

 branches of these lines, is peculiar to the Slavonic nations within the limits of the 

 Aryan family. 1 In the remaining branches of this line the persons, as shown in 

 the Table, are described, which was not to have been expected. It probably indi- 

 cates that both forms are used. 2 



4. Rmsian. In some respects the Russian differs from the Polish and Bohemian. 

 The following diagram exhibits these differences, as well as all that is peculiar in 

 the Russian method : 



LINEAL LINE. 



MALE. 

 G G. G. F. Q Prapradjed 



G.G.F. Apradjed 



4th Collateral, 

 Male, F. S. 



Itt Collateral. 



Male. 

 QBrat 



. I 



Son O Svn O Pljemjannik 



I Djadja 



| Dvojurodnyi Brst 



Dvojurodnyi Djodja 

 Trojurodnyi Brat 



Q Trojurodnyi Djadja 

 ) Tchetverojnrodnyi Brat 



) Dvojnrodnyi Pljemjannik Q Trojurodnyi Pljemjannik Q Tchetverojurodnyi Pljemjannik 



G. 8. QVnuch O Vnntchatnyi Pljemjannik O Dvojurodnyi Vnutchatnyi O Trojnrodnyi Vnutchatnyi Q Tchotverojnrodnyi Vnutchatnyi 



Pljemjannik Pljemjaunik Pljetnjanuik 



1 The fulness of the Bulgarian nomenclature is further shown by the possession of terms not called 

 out by the questions in the Table : as bratetz, " husband's younger brother ;" malina and sestritza, 

 "husband's younger sister;" nahranenitz, "adopted son;" nahraneitza, "adopted daughter;" 

 streekovi, " the children of brothers. 



Mr. Morse, in his letter to the author, remarks : " The only things peculiar which I have noticed 

 are the three following : First, otchicha brat, brother from paternal uncle, for father's brother's son, 

 or cousin ; but in eastern Bulgaria uncle's son is used ; second, vnook is used both for one's grand- 

 son, and for a brother's and sister's grandson ; third, deda is both grandfather and great-uncle. This 

 is the reciprocal of the preceding. If I call my brother's grandson my grandson, it is proper that 

 he should call me grandfather." Elsewhere he states that vnook was used in the twofold sense of 

 grandson and nephew, and that the distinction, in the last use, was sometimes made by prefixing 

 mal = little. 



