The name of the months in Ukrainian and in different languages ​​of the world is pronounced differently. In many Slavic languages they are similar to each other. Let's see how the names of the seasons of the year differ in different countries.
Name of months in Ukrainian
In Ukrainian, the name of each month of the year has a designation or a brief description of the weather conditions of this time. This is due to historical signs that our ancestors have observed for centuries.
The name of the months in Ukrainian is “tongues”. And now let's look at the values ​​of the calendar seasons in the designation of a neighboring state.
Ukrainian names of the months of the year
January
Translated from Russian into Ukrainian - “sichen”. In Latin, January sounds like “lanarius” and is named after the Roman god Janus (the keeper of the house and the gate).
“Sicha” is a very ancient name for an earth-moving process. Earlier at this time, people began to put their gardens in order, preparing the ground for spring. Uprooted hemp, collected branches, slightly loosened the ground if there was no snow. Hence the name of the winter month, which includes 31 days.
February
“Fierce” - the second month of the year according to the Gregorian calendar. It has 28 days, and in a leap year - 29. In the Ukrainian language, this name was fixed at the end of the 19th century. "Fierce" - means terrible, difficult, obstinate, like the weather itself this month.
March
Berezen - from the word "berezol". The third month of the year has 31 days. The meaning arose from the name of the craft when birch ashes were prepared for making glass. This process was carried out during the thaw, just in March.
April
The second month of spring, April, in Ukrainian sounds like a “wicket”. This name was assigned to him in the 16th century. “A quote” means a flower. It is this time of year that is characterized by bright flowering of nature. April has 30 days.
May
"Grass" - from the word "grass". The first snowdrops and other flowers faded, and the ground was covered with fresh fragrant grass. This is exactly what the name of the third spring month “grass” symbolizes. That is what his ancestors called during the time of Kievan Rus. May-month consists of 31 calendar days.
With the translation of the Ukrainian names of the summer months of the year into Russian, everything is much simpler. Each month has a completely understandable designation.
Summer season
June
“Cherven” is the first summer month, which includes 30 days. It is characterized by the longest days and shortest nights. The name of the month comes from the Ukrainian word “worm.” That was the name of the red insect that was born during this period. From time immemorial, their insides have been used as red paint. Here lies the second concept of the name of the month from the word "red" - red.
July
“Lipen” is the seventh month of the year according to the Gregorian calendar. In July, 31 days. The Ukrainian name of the month comes from the word “linden”. This time is characterized by the collection of lime blossom and is called the period of honey collection.
August
The month “sickle” (August) comes from the word “sickle”. This is a tool for mowing cereals. The name originates from the ancient Slavs. August consists of 31 days.
September
How does “September” sound in Ukrainian? The first autumn month in Ukraine is called “spring.”
The name came from Polesie. There during this period heather blooms - a valuable honey plant. A month has 30 days.
October
"Zhovten" - the time of yellowing of the leaves. This name has received a month since the days of Kievan Rus. Among the people it was also called mud, frown, deciduous trees, winter, winter. In October - 31 days.
November
November in Ukrainian is “leaf fall”, comes from the words: “leaves” and “fall”. It is in this season that the trees finally discard the foliage, which is characterized as leaf fall. November (in Ukrainian “leaf fall”) has 30 days.
December
“Breast” - from the word breast (lump). In ancient times, after autumn rains, the primers trampled by carts froze. It was difficult to ride on such roads - frozen clods interfered. Also, breasts formed on frozen plowed fields. Hence the name of the month, which has 31 days and is the final year.
The names of the months in the world
The name of the months in Ukrainian - it is easy to understand the meaning and remember. In many Slavic languages ​​(Western Europe and Russia), the names of the months are of Slavic origin. But in different languages, one-to-one correspondence is missing between these names. Sometimes they are even shifted by one month in different language territories.
Ukrainian, Polish, Belarusian, Czech and Croatian use the name of the months exclusively Slavic.
The official Slavic names of the months are not used in Russian, Slovak, Serbian.
International Latin month names are used in Bulgarian and Macedonian. In the Slovenian language, two systems operate in parallel.
To summarize
The names of the months in Ukrainian differ from those in Russian. Many of them have been fixed since the time of Kievan Rus and bore only values ​​characteristic of weather conditions. Months of the year in the Ukrainian language are exclusively of Slavic origin. While in Russian, their name comes from Latin designations.