Do you agree?

[Anna Frajlich-Zajac]

Perhaps it  is "origin"  which is a neuter noun "pochodzenie".
But it has to be checked against other passport samples.
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On Oct 5, 2011, at 3:16 PM, Jules Levin wrote:

> On another list I belong to, dealing with genealogy, someone sent  
> in the following question:
>
> 	My grandmother's 1912 passport shows that her father enlisted in  
> the army
> 	(Polish or Russian) in the town of Meshanskoye.
>
> One of the best researchers, and doubtless a native speaker of  
> Polish and/or Russian, responding:
>
> 	There appear to be a bit of a confusion.
> 	Meshchanskoye identifies the social status of a "town dweller"in  
> the Russian
> 	Empire, not a town name.  Word has originated from Polish  
> "mieszczanin"
>
> Aside from the etymology, what would have been the line on a  
> passport that would get the adjective with a neuter ending?
> My impression is that such questions would be answered by a noun-- 
> e.g., "meshchanin", etc., or if not, why not the masculine
> adjective (or fem. for a woman)?
> This is also intriguing because the neuter ending IS found with  
> town names.
>
> Comments?  Thoughts?
>
> Jules Levin
> Los Angeles
>
>
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