січень

Ukrainian

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic сѣчень (sěčenĭ), from Proto-Slavic *sěčьnь (January, February), lit. "the month of tree cutting", from Proto-Slavic *sěťi (to cut), from Proto-Indo-European *sek- (to cut). Cognates include Polish styczeń (January), Serbo-Croatian siječanj (January), and Macedonian сечко (sečko, February).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈsʲit͡ʃenʲ]
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Noun

сі́чень • (síčenʹ) m inan (genitive сі́чня, nominative plural сі́чні, genitive plural сі́чнів, relational adjective січне́вий)

  1. January

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