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Monday

Source:*neděljaProto-Slavic · “Sunday; Monday is po- 'after' Sunday”certain

'The day after Sunday', with a different suffix in each language. Polish shows ě → a before hard ł (poniedziałek) but e before soft l (niedziela).

English

Monday

Polish

poniedziałek
pɔɲɛˈdʑawɛk
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In all five languages

BCS script
  • Russian
    понеде́льникponedelʹnik
    pənʲɪˈdʲelʲnʲɪkinherited
  • Ukrainian
    понеді́локponedilok
    pɔnɛˈdʲilɔkinherited
  • Polish
    poniedziałek
    pɔɲɛˈdʑawɛkinherited
  • Czech
    pondělí
    ˈpoɲɟɛliːinherited
  • Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian
    ponedjeljak / ponedeljakпонедјељак / понедељак
    poˈnedjeʎakinherited
  • English
    Monday

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