dzień dobry
Polish
editEtymology
editLiterally, “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
editInterjection
editDescendants
edit- → Silesian: dziyń dobry (calque)
- → Ukrainian: де́нь до́брий (dénʹ dóbryj) (calque)
- → Belarusian: дзень добры (dzjenʹ dóbry) (calque)
See also
editFurther reading
edit- dzień dobry in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- dzień dobry in Polish dictionaries at PWN