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week

Source:*neděljaProto-Slavic · “Sunday, the no-work day (*ne + *dělati)”probable

Russian counts the week by its Sunday; Ukrainian, Polish, Czech and Croatian say 'that day' (the same weekday again); the details of *tъ dьnь, and of Ukrainian -ж-, are debated.

English

week

Polish

tydzień
ˈtɨdʑɛɲ
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BCS script
  • Russian
    неде́ляnedelja
    nʲɪˈdʲelʲəinherited

    Everywhere else this word means 'Sunday'.

  • Ukrainian
    ти́жденьtyždenʹ
    ˈtɪʒdɛnʲdifferent word · Proto-Slavic *tъ dьnь 'that (same) day', a week from today
  • Polish
    tydzień
    ˈtɨdʑɛɲdifferent word · Proto-Slavic *tъ dьnь 'that (same) day', a week from today
  • Czech
    týden
    ˈtiːdɛndifferent word · Proto-Slavic *tъ dьnь 'that (same) day', a week from today
  • Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian
    sedmicaседмица
    ˈsedmitsadifferent word · Proto-Slavic *sedmь 'seven'

    Standard-specific words: tjedan (Croatian) — From *tъ dьnь, like Polish tydzień.; nedjelja (Serbian) — Ekavian nedelja; also 'Sunday'.

  • English
    week

⚠ 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.