Czech/Months and dates
What's the Date?
The following is a handy formula for expressing the date in Czech:
Den, Datum Měsíc, Rok = (Week-)Day, Date Month, Year.
Also, in the Czech Republic, people habitually express the shorthand date: DD.MM.YY.
Months in Czech
Czech is one of several languages that do not use the Latin names for months which are common in western Europe. Here are the months of the year in Czech:
| měsíc = month | ||||
| Month | Locative "in ..." |
Genitive "the 'nth' of ..." |
Etymology | |
| 1 | leden | v lednu | ledna | from led = ice |
| 2 | únor | v únoru | února | melting ice |
| 3 | březen | v březnu | března | month of birch |
| 4 | duben | v dubnu | dubna | month of oak |
| 5 | květen | v květnu | května | month of flowering |
| 6 | červen | v červnu | června | from červ = worm, or possibly červená = red |
| 7 | červenec | v červenci | července | month of ripening ("reddening") fruit |
| 8 | srpen | v srpnu | srpna | month of harvest, srp = sickle |
| 9 | září | v září | září | from zářit = to shine, i.e. when the sun shines, without warming |
| 10 | říjen | v říjnu | října | rutting season |
| 11 | listopad | v listopadu | listopadu | month of falling leaves, from list (leaf) + padat (to fall) |
| 12 | prosinec | v prosinci | prosince | probably from prasinec, the month when pigs (prasata) were slaughtered |
Seasons
roční období = seasons of the year.
- jaro = spring.
- léto = summer.
- podzim = autumn.
- zima = winter.
Sources & Links
- Shamelessly cribbed from Wikipedia.