Deszcze na lipca pierwszego, drugiego, zapowiedzią deszczu czterdziestodniowego
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What it means
Rain on the first or second of July foretells forty days of rain. A folk weather proverb predicting a prolonged rainy period based on early July conditions.
Vocabulary
- deszcz — rain
- zapowiedź — announcement, foretelling
- czterdziestodniowy — forty-day-long
Grammar note
'Zapowiedzią' is the instrumental of 'zapowiedź', used predicatively: 'is a foretelling of'. 'Lipca pierwszego' — genitive of date.
Cultural context
Forty days of rain echoes the biblical flood narrative, giving this proverb a religious undertone alongside its practical agricultural purpose.
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