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The months names are related to the farmers calendar through the year.<\/p>\n
Stycze\u0144<\/strong> – styka\u0107\u00a0means “to meet” – “to join” since the old year “meets” the new year in January<\/p>\n Luty<\/strong> – luty in old Polish means “fierce”, “bitter frost”, “freezing cold”<\/p>\n Marzec<\/strong> – from marzn\u0105\u0107\u00a0meaning ” to freeze”. Some people believe that this name comes also from Roman God “Martius” – in Polish Mars.<\/p>\n Kwiecie\u0144<\/strong> – from kwiecie – flowers – a blooming month.<\/p>\n Maj<\/strong> – this is the only name which was adopted from Roman calendar devoted to goddess Maia. Maia was the Roman female deity of growth or fertility.This name gained its own meaning in the Polish language, for instance as maj\u00f3wka- the outdoor trip.<\/p>\n Czerwiec<\/strong> – from czerw meaning “grab” – the larva of a bee or moth. In this month people were picking up the larvas, dry them in the sun and then made from it a red or purple die (pigment); therefore the name “czerw” comes from “redden” and some sources also derive the name of Polish June from a Polish word “czerwieni\u0107” – to redden or ripen<\/p>\n Lipiec<\/strong> – from lipa – “linden tree” – which flowers in that time; this tree is very popular in Poland (There is a famous poem by Kochanowski “Na lip\u0119” )<\/p>\n Sierpie\u0144<\/strong> – sierp is “a sickle” used for harvesting (tool to cut the hay, grass or wheat)<\/p>\n Wrzesie\u0144<\/strong> – from wrzosy – “heather” that beautifully purple in that time of the year<\/p>\n Pa\u017adziernik<\/strong> – from pa\u017adzierz – tow, wooden dry part remained from flax or hemp. In the past flax and hemp was used for making cloths. In that time of the year the wind was carrying out “pa\u017adzierze” – the wooden waste remained after flax and hemp – all over the fields.<\/p>\n Listopad<\/strong> – spadaj\u0105ce li\u015bcie – falling leaves.<\/p>\n Grudzie\u0144<\/strong> – gruda – hardened ground which is caused by cold weather.<\/p>\n By the way, Polish names of the months are written not with capital letters like in English.<\/p>\n Please let me know if I missed anything in comments below.<\/p>\n \n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" We already talked about days of the week and their meaning (https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/days-of-the-week-and-their-meaning\/), so now it is times for months! The names of Polish months are unique in the way that Poland did not adopt Roman names – like many other countries in Europe (France, Germany, Russia). Original, non-Latin names for the months of the year…<\/p>\n