dzień dobry
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Literally, “good day”. The original form was dobry dzień (now dated) (which see for more), which at some point began to be pronounced as dobrydzień (now dated and dialectal) with the stress on -bry-; to prevent the spread of that rural form, the words were rearranged.
Pronunciation edit
Interjection edit
Descendants edit
- → Silesian: dziyń dobry (calque)
See also edit
Further reading edit
- dzień dobry in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- dzień dobry in Polish dictionaries at PWN