Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
In contemporary Polish and Russian, baba / баба is also a pejorative synonym for 'woman', in particular one that is old, dirty or foolish. As with other kinship terms in Slavic languages, baba may be used in other ways, potentially as a result of taboo ; it may be applied to various animals, natural phenomena, and objects, such as types of ...
Tekla Juniewicz (born Tekla Dadak; 10 June 1906 – 19 August 2022) was a Polish supercentenarian who, until her death at the age 116 years and 70 days, was the second oldest living person in the world (after Lucile Randon) for four months, upon the death of Kane Tanaka. [1] She is the oldest Polish person in history.
The Old Polish language (Polish: język staropolski, staropolszczyzna) was a period in the history of the Polish language between the 10th and the 16th centuries.
Polish babka ("yeast cake"), or diminutive of baba ("old woman") AHD: Borscht: Beetroot soup Polish barszcz: Bigos: A Polish stew made with meat and cabbage Polish bigos ← German begossen ("doused"), or German blei + guss ("lead pieces") SWO: Britzka: A type of horse-drawn carriage Polish bryczka, diminutive of bryka ("wagon") [1] Bryndza ...
The Polish language is a West Slavic language, and thus descends from Proto-Slavic, and more distantly from Proto-Indo-European.More specifically, it is a member of the Lechitic branch of the West Slavic languages, along with other languages spoken in areas within or close to the area of modern Poland: including Kashubian, Silesian, and the extinct Slovincian and Polabian.
Now, using DNA, 3D printing and modelling clay, a team of scientists has reconstructed Zosia's 400-year-old face, revealing the human story buried by supernatural beliefs.
Another such description of her shows that she is an older woman, haggard and tall. [3] Her ailing frame is draped by a decrepit white robe. [3] Another such folktale appears in Slovenia, with a so called plague woman who is an outsider to a small township and dares not enter the township without some help.
Pages in category "Polish feminine given names" The following 113 pages are in this category, out of 113 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.