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Sunday

Source:*neděljaProto-Slavic · “the no-work day (*ne + *dělati 'to work')”certain

A classic trap: Russian неделя is 'week', but its cognates in the other four are 'Sunday'.

English

Sunday

Polish

niedziela
ɲɛˈdʑɛla
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In all five languages

BCS script
  • Russian
    воскресе́ньеvoskresenʹe
    vəskrʲɪˈsʲenʲjədifferent word · Church Slavonic воскресение 'resurrection'

    Russian неде́ля moved on to mean 'week'.

  • Ukrainian
    неді́ляnedilja
    nɛˈdʲilʲainherited
  • Polish
    niedziela
    ɲɛˈdʑɛlainherited
  • Czech
    neděle
    ˈnɛɟɛlɛinherited
  • Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian
    nedjelja / nedeljaнедјеља / недеља
    ˈnedjeʎainherited
  • English
    Sunday

Sound laws at work

⚠ Watch out

  • Russian неде́ля “week”Ukrainian неді́ля “Sunday”Polish niedziela “Sunday”Czech neděle “Sunday”Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian nedjelja “Sunday (in Serbian usage, ekavian nedelja, also 'week')”

    Russian 'Sunday' is воскресе́нье. 'Week' is Ukrainian ти́ждень, Polish tydzień, Czech týden; in BCS tjedan (Croatian), sedmica (Bosnian, Serbian), and Serbian nedelja also serves.