Polish months
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The Polish language
is one of the Slavic languages
that do not use Latin-derived month names (with two exceptions).
Polish language
Polish is a language of the Lechitic subgroup of West Slavic languages, used throughout Poland and by Polish minorities in other countries...
is one of the Slavic languages
Slavic languages
The Slavic languages , a group of closely related languages of the Slavic peoples and a subgroup of Indo-European languages, have speakers in most of Eastern Europe, in much of the Balkans, in parts of Central Europe, and in the northern part of Asia.-Branches:Scholars traditionally divide Slavic...
that do not use Latin-derived month names (with two exceptions).
| English | Polish | Etymology |
|---|---|---|
| January | styczeń | "touching" or "joining" month (indicating the joining (styk) of the old and new year) |
| February | luty | "cruel" or "frosty" month (from luty) |
| March | marzec | from Latin Martius Roman calendar The Roman calendar changed its form several times in the time between the founding of Rome and the fall of the Roman Empire. This article generally discusses the early Roman or pre-Julian calendars... |
| April | kwiecień | "blossom" month (from kwiecie) |
| May | maj | from Latin Maius Roman calendar The Roman calendar changed its form several times in the time between the founding of Rome and the fall of the Roman Empire. This article generally discusses the early Roman or pre-Julian calendars... |
| June | czerwiec | "carmine scale Polish cochineal Polish cochineal , also known as Polish carmine scales, is a scale insect formerly used to produce a crimson dye of the same name, colloquially known as "Saint John's blood". The larvae of P... " month (indicating the traditional time of gathering the larvae of this insect (czerw) to make a red (czerwony) dye) |
| July | lipiec | "linden/lime tree Tilia Tilia is a genus of about 30 species of trees native throughout most of the temperate Northern Hemisphere. The greatest species diversity is found in Asia, and the genus also occurs in Europe and eastern North America, but not western North America... " month (indicating the flowering of linden (lipa) trees) |
| August | sierpień | "sickle" month (indicating harvesting grains using a sickle (sierp)) |
| September | wrzesień | "heather" month (indicating the flowering of heather (wrzos)) |
| October | październik | "broken flax/hemp stalk (shive)" month (indicating the traditional time of processing flax Flax Flax is a member of the genus Linum in the family Linaceae. It is native to the region extending from the eastern Mediterranean to India and was probably first domesticated in the Fertile Crescent... and hemp Hemp Hemp is mostly used as a name for low tetrahydrocannabinol strains of the plant Cannabis sativa, of fiber and/or oilseed varieties. In modern times, hemp has been used for industrial purposes including paper, textiles, biodegradable plastics, construction, health food and fuel with modest... for the production of linen Linen Linen is a textile made from the fibers of the flax plant, Linum usitatissimum. Linen is labor-intensive to manufacture, but when it is made into garments, it is valued for its exceptional coolness and freshness in hot weather.... , a process which, as a waste by-product, created light-weight shives (paździerze) floating in the wind) |
| November | listopad | "leaf fall" month (from "leaf" (liść) and "to fall" (padać)) |
| December | grudzień | "frozen clod" month (from gruda) |
See also
- Belarusian monthsBelarusian monthsThe months of the year used with the Gregorian calendar in the Belarusian language differ from the original Latin month names:-See also:*Croatian months*Czech months*Macedonian months*Polish months*Bulgarian months-External links:...
- Bulgarian monthsBulgarian monthsThe months of the year used with the Gregorian calendar by Bulgarians bear names derived from the Latin month names and these are used by the Bulgarian population...
- Croatian monthsCroatian monthsThe Croatian months used with the Gregorian calendar by Croats differ from the original Latin month names:Some names are derived from archaic Croatian-Slavic words that are no longer found in standard Croatian dictionaries...
- Czech monthsCzech monthsThe names of Czech months are, as in Polish, Croatian, Ukrainian and Belarusian not based on the Latin names used in most European languages.The suffix -en is added to most of the months' names.* January -- leden...
- Macedonian months
- Slovenian monthsSlovenian monthsThe standard modern names of Slovene months or Slovenian months are derived from Latin names, as in most European languages. There is also a standardized set of archaic Slovene month names:* January ' shining through'* February 'Candlemas'...
- Ukrainian monthsUkrainian monthsThe months of the year used with the Gregorian calendar in the Ukrainian language differ from the original Latin month names:-See also:*Croatian months*Czech months*Macedonian months*Polish months*Bulgarian months*Belarusian months...
External links
- http://projetbabel.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=7222 A comprehensive table of Slavic and Baltic month names, explanation in French.