dzień dobry
Polish
Etymology
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
- IPA(key): /d͡ʑɛɲ ˈdɔb.rɨ/
Audio 1 (file) Audio 2 (file) Audio 3 (file) - Rhymes: -ɔbrɨ
Descendants
- → Silesian: dziyń dobry (calque)
See also
Further reading
- dzień dobry in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- dzień dobry in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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