Polish months

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The Polish language is one of the Slavic languages that does not use Latin-derived month names.

english	polish	etymology
January	styczeń	"touching" or "pole"
February	luty	"cruel" or "frosty"
March	marzec1
April	kwiecień	"flowering"
May	maj2
June	czerwiec	"May-bug"
July	lipiec	"lime-tree"
August	sierpień	"sickle"
September	wrzesień	"heather"
October	październik	"flax stems"
November	listopad	"leaf fall"
December	grudzień	"frozen clods"

1. from Latin Martius
2. from Latin Maius

[edit] See also

• Croatian months
• Czech months
• Macedonian months
• Ukrainian months
• Bulgarian months

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