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! No. || English name || Ukrainian name || Transliteration || Ukrainian meaning
! No. || English name || Ukrainian name || Transliteration || Ukrainian meaning
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| 1 || January || [[Січень]] || [[Sichen']] || ''month of cutting'' (chopping wood, or biting frost)
| 1 || January || [[Січень]] || [[Sichen']] || ''cutting (''sikty'') month'', refering either chopping wood, or biting frost
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| 2 || February || [[Лютий]] || [[Ljutyj]] || ''cruel'' or ''frosty''
| 2 || February || [[Лютий]] || [[Ljutyj]] || ''cruel month'' or ''frosty month''
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| 3 || March || [[Березень]] || [[Berezen']] || ''month of the bereza ([[birch]])''
| 3 || March || [[Березень]] || [[Berezen']] || ''month of the [birch]] (bereza)
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| 4 || April || [[Квітень]] || [[Kviten']] || ''month of blooming/blossoming/flowering''
| 4 || April || [[Квітень]] || [[Kviten']] || ''month of blooming/blossoming/flowering''
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| 5 || May || [[Травень]] || [[Traven']] || ''month of (green) grass''
| 5 || May || [[Травень]] || [[Traven']] || ''month of (green) grass (trava)''
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| 6 || June || [[Червень]] || [[Cherven']] || ''month of [[carmine scales]]' larva (''cherviak'') used to make red (''chervony'') dyes<ref>http://www.encyclopediaofukraine.com/display.asp?linkpath=pages\M\O\Monthsoftheyear.htm</ref>, also sometimes explained as the "month of red" refering to the ripening of berries ''
| 6 || June || [[Червень]] || [[Cherven']] || ''month of [[carmine scales]]' larva (''cherviak'')'' used to make red (''chervony'') dyes<ref>http://www.encyclopediaofukraine.com/display.asp?linkpath=pages\M\O\Monthsoftheyear.htm</ref>, also sometimes explained as the ''month of red'' refering to the ripening of berries
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| 7 || July || [[Липень]] || [[Lypen']] || ''month of the lypa ([[tilia|linden tree]])''
| 7 || July || [[Липень]] || [[Lypen']] || ''month of the lypa'' ([[tilia|linden tree]])
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| 8 || August || [[Серпень]] || [[Serpen']] || ''month of the sickle/scythe/harvest''
| 8 || August || [[Серпень]] || [[Serpen']] || ''month of the sickle/scythe/harvest''
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| 9 || September || [[Вересень]] || [[Veresen']] || ''commonly held to mean "month of heather", it may also originate in the [[Old East Slavic]] verb верещить (''vereshchyt''') meaning "[[Threshing|to thresh]]"<ref>Детская энциклопедия: для среднего и старшего возраста. Том: 7 Из истории человеческого общества / Гл.редакция: Д.&nbsp;Д.&nbsp;Благой, В.&nbsp;А.&nbsp;Варсанофьева, Б.&nbsp;А.&nbsp;Воронцов-Вельяминов, П.&nbsp;А.&nbsp;Генкель и др.; гл. редактор: А.&nbsp;И.&nbsp;Маркушевич; научн.редакторы: С.&nbsp;Д.&nbsp;Сказкин, М.&nbsp;В.&nbsp;Нечкина, Н.&nbsp;П.&nbsp;Кузин, А.&nbsp;В.&nbsp;Ефимов, А.&nbsp;И.&nbsp;Стражев, А.&nbsp;Г.&nbsp;Бокщанин;, зам. Гл.редактора: П.&nbsp;А.&nbsp;Мичурин.&nbsp;— Изд. Академии педагогических наук РСФСР, Москва 1961, С: 621 (с.:215)</ref>''
| 9 || September || [[Вересень]] || [[Veresen']] || commonly held to mean ''month of heather'', it may also originate in the [[Old East Slavic]] verb верещить (''vereshchyt''') meaning "[[Threshing|to thresh]]"<ref>Детская энциклопедия: для среднего и старшего возраста. Том: 7 Из истории человеческого общества / Гл.редакция: Д.&nbsp;Д.&nbsp;Благой, В.&nbsp;А.&nbsp;Варсанофьева, Б.&nbsp;А.&nbsp;Воронцов-Вельяминов, П.&nbsp;А.&nbsp;Генкель и др.; гл. редактор: А.&nbsp;И.&nbsp;Маркушевич; научн.редакторы: С.&nbsp;Д.&nbsp;Сказкин, М.&nbsp;В.&nbsp;Нечкина, Н.&nbsp;П.&nbsp;Кузин, А.&nbsp;В.&nbsp;Ефимов, А.&nbsp;И.&nbsp;Стражев, А.&nbsp;Г.&nbsp;Бокщанин;, зам. Гл.редактора: П.&nbsp;А.&nbsp;Мичурин.&nbsp;— Изд. Академии педагогических наук РСФСР, Москва 1961, С: 621 (с.:215)</ref> in which case to would be read as ''threashing month''
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| 10 || October || [[Жовтень]] || [[Žhovten']] || ''month of yellow leaves and grass''
| 10 || October || [[Жовтень]] || [[Žhovten']] || ''month of yellowing'' (''zhovtinnia''), refering to leaves and grass
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| 11 || November || [[Листопад]] || [[Lystopad]] || ''month of falling leaves''
| 11 || November || [[Листопад]] || [[Lystopad]] || ''month of falling leaves'' (''lystia'')
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| 12 || December || [[Грудень]] || [[Hruden']] || ''month of frozen clods of ground''
| 12 || December || [[Грудень]] || [[Hruden']] || ''month of frozen clods of earth'' (''hrudky'')
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* [[Polish months]]
* [[Polish months]]
* [[Slovene months]]
* [[Slovene months]]

== References ==
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==External links==
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Revision as of 22:39, 3 March 2014

The Ukrainian names of the month used with the Gregorian calendar in the Ukrainian language use Slavic month names (like Belarusian, Croatian, Czech, Polish, and Slovenian), rather than Latin-based month names as used by most European languages (including Russian, Serbian, Bulgarian, and Slovak):

No. English name Ukrainian name Transliteration Ukrainian meaning
1 January Січень Sichen' cutting (sikty) month, refering either chopping wood, or biting frost
2 February Лютий Ljutyj cruel month or frosty month
3 March Березень Berezen' month of the [birch]] (bereza)
4 April Квітень Kviten' month of blooming/blossoming/flowering
5 May Травень Traven' month of (green) grass (trava)
6 June Червень Cherven' month of carmine scales' larva (cherviak) used to make red (chervony) dyes[1], also sometimes explained as the month of red refering to the ripening of berries
7 July Липень Lypen' month of the lypa (linden tree)
8 August Серпень Serpen' month of the sickle/scythe/harvest
9 September Вересень Veresen' commonly held to mean month of heather, it may also originate in the Old East Slavic verb верещить (vereshchyt') meaning "to thresh"[2] in which case to would be read as threashing month
10 October Жовтень Žhovten' month of yellowing (zhovtinnia), refering to leaves and grass
11 November Листопад Lystopad month of falling leaves (lystia)
12 December Грудень Hruden' month of frozen clods of earth (hrudky)

See also

References

  1. ^ http://www.encyclopediaofukraine.com/display.asp?linkpath=pages\M\O\Monthsoftheyear.htm
  2. ^ Детская энциклопедия: для среднего и старшего возраста. Том: 7 Из истории человеческого общества / Гл.редакция: Д. Д. Благой, В. А. Варсанофьева, Б. А. Воронцов-Вельяминов, П. А. Генкель и др.; гл. редактор: А. И. Маркушевич; научн.редакторы: С. Д. Сказкин, М. В. Нечкина, Н. П. Кузин, А. В. Ефимов, А. И. Стражев, А. Г. Бокщанин;, зам. Гл.редактора: П. А. Мичурин. — Изд. Академии педагогических наук РСФСР, Москва 1961, С: 621 (с.:215)
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