Ukrainian months
Encyclopedia
The months of the year used with the Gregorian calendar
in the Ukrainian language
differ from the original Latin month names:
Gregorian calendar
The Gregorian calendar, also known as the Western calendar, or Christian calendar, is the internationally accepted civil calendar. It was introduced by Pope Gregory XIII, after whom the calendar was named, by a decree signed on 24 February 1582, a papal bull known by its opening words Inter...
in the Ukrainian language
Ukrainian language
Ukrainian is a language of the East Slavic subgroup of the Slavic languages. It is the official state language of Ukraine. Written Ukrainian uses a variant of the Cyrillic alphabet....
differ from the original Latin month names:
| No. | English name | Ukrainian name | Transliteration | Ukrainian meaning |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | January | Січень | Sičen' | month of cutting (chopping wood, or biting frost) |
| 2 | February | Лютий | Ljutyj | cruel or frosty |
| 3 | March | Березень | Berezen' | month of the bereza (birch Birch Birch is a tree or shrub of the genus Betula , in the family Betulaceae, closely related to the beech/oak family, Fagaceae. The Betula genus contains 30–60 known taxa... ) |
| 4 | April | Квітень | Kviten' | month of flowering |
| 5 | May | Травень | Traven' | month of grass |
| 6 | June | Червень | Červen' | red month, meaning month when berries ripe and become red |
| 7 | July | Липень | Lypen' | month of the lipa (linden 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... ) |
| 8 | August | Серпень | Serpen' | month of the sickle |
| 9 | September | Вересень | Veresen' | month of heather |
| 10 | October | Жовтень | Žovten' | yellow month |
| 11 | November | Листопад | Lystopad | falling leaves |
| 12 | December | Грудень | Hruden' | month of frozen clods |
See also
- 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
- Polish monthsPolish monthsThe Polish language is one of the Slavic languages that do not use Latin-derived month names .-See also:* Belarusian months* Bulgarian months* Croatian months* Czech months* Macedonian months* Slovenian months* Ukrainian months...
- 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...
- 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:...
External links
- http://projetbabel.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=7222 A comprehensive table of Slavic and Baltic month names, explanation in French.