{"history":[],"article":{"id":"a0fd7f58-fa49-4301-b882-d139bba3a3fc","title":"Slovene months","slug":"slovene-months","content":":::summary\n:::\n\n# \n**Slovene months** have standard modern names derived from Latin names, as in most European languages.\nThere are also archaic Slovene month names, mostly of [Slavic origin](https://bliptext.com/articles/slavic-calendar), which exist in both a standardized set as well as many variations.\n\n# Standard modern names\nThe standard modern Slovene month names are januar, februar, marec, april, maj, junij, julij, avgust, september, oktober, november, and december.\nWhen writing dates, they appear after the day and are often represented by Arabic numerals, and sometimes with Roman numerals (e.g., 19. 5. or 19. V. '19 May').\nOlder variants include januvarij 'January', februvarij 'February', and marcij 'March'.\n# [Gravestone with the archaic spelling februvarij 'February' | upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6d/Obaha///gravestone///-///detail.jpg]\n\n# Standard archaic names\nMany of the names in the standardized set of archaic Slovene month names first occur in the [Škofja Loka manuscript](https://bliptext.com/articles/kofja-loka-manuscript), written in 1466 by [Martin of Loka](https://bliptext.com/articles/martin-of-loka).\n# [A gravestone in Rob with traditional Slovene month names: \"Matia Peterlin. Born 22 January 1784, Died 24 March 1863. Long are the years, but quickly they have run their course. The Lord has called him into eternal life. Erected with love by his son Janez.\" | upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/95/Peterlin///grave///in///Rob///Slovenia.jpg]\n\n# Variant archaic month names\nMultiple systems have been used in various Slovene-speaking regions, some of which were based on the names of saints (e.g., jurjevščak 'April', literally 'St. George's'), numbers (e.g., prvnik 'January', literally 'first'), or other features (e.g., vetrnik 'March', literally 'windy').\nIn the [Prekmurje dialect](https://bliptext.com/articles/prekmurje-slovene) of Slovene, the following system was attested: sečen 'January', süšec 'February', mali traven 'March', velki traven 'April', risalšček 'May', ivanšček 'June', jakopešček 'July', mešnjek 'August', mihalšček 'September', vsesvišček 'October', andrejšček 'November', božič 'December'.\n\n## By month\nAdditional names include brumen (< Italian bruma 'depth of winter'), sečen (related to suh 'dry' or from sek- 'cut'), ledenec and lednik (< led 'ice'), mali božičnjak and malobožičnjak (< mali božič 'Epiphany'), prozimec (probably contamination of prosinec with zima 'winter'), prvnik (< prvi 'first'), and zimec (< zima 'winter').\nThe name prosinec, associated with [millet bread](https://bliptext.com/articles/millet-bread) and the act of asking for something, was first written in the Škofja Loka manuscript.\nAdditional names include sečan and sečen (both related to suh 'dry' or from sek- 'cut'), and sečni mesec (< sek- 'cut').\nThe name svečan may relate to [icicles](https://bliptext.com/articles/icicle) or [Candlemas](https://bliptext.com/articles/presentation-of-jesus-at-the-temple).\nThis name originates from sičan, written as svičan in the [New Carniolan Almanac](https://bliptext.com/articles/new-carniolan-almanac) from 1775 and changed to its final form by [Franc Metelko](https://bliptext.com/articles/franc-metelko) in his New Almanac from 1824.\nThe name was also spelled sečan, meaning \"the month of cutting down of trees\".\nIn 1848, a proposal was put forward in [Kmetijske in rokodelske novice](https://bliptext.com/articles/kmetijske-in-rokodelske-novice) by the [Slovene Society of Ljubljana](https://bliptext.com/articles/slovene-society-ljubljana) to call this month talnik (related to ice melting), but it has not stuck.\nThe idea was proposed by the priest and patriot [Blaž Potočnik](https://bliptext.com/articles/bla-poto-nik).\nA name of February in Slovene was also vesnar, after the mythological character [Vesna](https://bliptext.com/articles/vesna-mythology).\nAdditional names include brezen and breznik (both from breza 'birch'), ebehtnik (< Middle High German ebennaht 'equinox'), gregorščak (< Gregor '(Saint) Gregory'), marcij, postnik (< post 'Lent'), traven (< trava 'grass'), and tretnik (< tretji 'third').\nThe name sušec was first written in the Škofja Loka manuscript.\nAdditional names include brezen (< breza 'birch') and jurijevščak (< Jurij '(Saint) George').\nThe name mali traven was first written in the Škofja Loka manuscript.\nAdditional names include cvetičnik and cvetnar (both < cvet 'flower'), majnik, mlečen (< mleč 'chicory'), risalščak and rusalščak (< risale/rusale 'Pentecost'), rožni mesec (< roža 'flower'), and sviben (< sviba '(flowering of) dogwood').\nThe name veliki traven was first written in the Škofja Loka manuscript.\nAdditional names include bobov cvet (literally, '[broad bean](https://bliptext.com/articles/vicia-faba) blossom') ivanjščak and šentjanževec (both referring to [Saint John's Day](https://bliptext.com/articles/midsummer)), klasen (< klas 'head of grain'), kresnik (< kres 'bonfire', referring to [Midsummer](https://bliptext.com/articles/midsummer)), prašnik (literally, 'stamen'), rožencvet and rožni cvet (both 'flower blossom'), and rženi cvet ('rye blossom').\nAdditional names include jakobnik and jakobščak (both referring to [Saint James's Day](https://bliptext.com/articles/james-son-of-zebedee)), pšeničnik (< pšenica 'wheat'), and žetnik (< žetev 'reaping').\nAdditional names include kolovožnjak, medmašnik, mešnjak, otavnik, porcijunkula, velikomašnjak, and vršenj.\nAdditional names include jesenik, jesenščak, kozoprsk, miholščak, poberuh, and šmihelščnik.\nAdditional names include kozoprsk, listopad, lukovščak, moštnik, obročnik, repar, repnik, vinec, and vinščak.\nAdditional names include andrejščak, gnilolist, listognoj, martinščak, vsesvečnjak, and vsesvečak.\nAdditional names include kolednjak and veliki božičnjak (< božič 'Christmas').","current_revision":null,"created_by":"kACnuQmH5k9Nr5VNVEpVeg7XpvUmMctD","created_at":"2025-01-26T11:14:51.659Z","updated_at":"2025-01-26T11:14:51.659Z","search_vector":"'month':2 'sloven':1","search_content":" \n \n\n# \n**Slovene months** have standard modern names derived from Latin names, as in most European languages.\nThere are also archaic Slovene month names, mostly of [Slavic origin](https://bliptext.com/articles/slavic-calendar), which exist in both a standardized set as well as many variations.\n\n# Standard modern names\nThe standard modern Slovene month names are januar, februar, marec, april, maj, junij, julij, avgust, september, oktober, november, and december.\nWhen writing dates, they appear after the day and are often represented by Arabic numerals, and sometimes with Roman numerals (e.g., 19. 5. or 19. V. '19 May').\nOlder variants include januvarij 'January', februvarij 'February', and marcij 'March'.\n# [Gravestone with the archaic spelling februvarij 'February' | upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6d/Obaha///gravestone///-///detail.jpg]\n\n# Standard archaic names\nMany of the names in the standardized set of archaic Slovene month names first occur in the [Škofja Loka manuscript](https://bliptext.com/articles/kofja-loka-manuscript), written in 1466 by [Martin of Loka](https://bliptext.com/articles/martin-of-loka).\n# [A gravestone in Rob with traditional Slovene month names: \"Matia Peterlin. Born 22 January 1784, Died 24 March 1863. Long are the years, but quickly they have run their course. The Lord has called him into eternal life. Erected with love by his son Janez.\" | upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/95/Peterlin///grave///in///Rob///Slovenia.jpg]\n\n# Variant archaic month names\nMultiple systems have been used in various Slovene-speaking regions, some of which were based on the names of saints (e.g., jurjevščak 'April', literally 'St. George's'), numbers (e.g., prvnik 'January', literally 'first'), or other features (e.g., vetrnik 'March', literally 'windy').\nIn the [Prekmurje dialect](https://bliptext.com/articles/prekmurje-slovene) of Slovene, the following system was attested: sečen 'January', süšec 'February', mali traven 'March', velki traven 'April', risalšček 'May', ivanšček 'June', jakopešček 'July', mešnjek 'August', mihalšček 'September', vsesvišček 'October', andrejšček 'November', božič 'December'.\n\n## By month\nAdditional names include brumen (< Italian bruma 'depth of winter'), sečen (related to suh 'dry' or from sek- 'cut'), ledenec and lednik (< led 'ice'), mali božičnjak and malobožičnjak (< mali božič 'Epiphany'), prozimec (probably contamination of prosinec with zima 'winter'), prvnik (< prvi 'first'), and zimec (< zima 'winter').\nThe name prosinec, associated with [millet bread](https://bliptext.com/articles/millet-bread) and the act of asking for something, was first written in the Škofja Loka manuscript.\nAdditional names include sečan and sečen (both related to suh 'dry' or from sek- 'cut'), and sečni mesec (< sek- 'cut').\nThe name svečan may relate to [icicles](https://bliptext.com/articles/icicle) or [Candlemas](https://bliptext.com/articles/presentation-of-jesus-at-the-temple).\nThis name originates from sičan, written as svičan in the [New Carniolan Almanac](https://bliptext.com/articles/new-carniolan-almanac) from 1775 and changed to its final form by [Franc Metelko](https://bliptext.com/articles/franc-metelko) in his New Almanac from 1824.\nThe name was also spelled sečan, meaning \"the month of cutting down of trees\".\nIn 1848, a proposal was put forward in [Kmetijske in rokodelske novice](https://bliptext.com/articles/kmetijske-in-rokodelske-novice) by the [Slovene Society of Ljubljana](https://bliptext.com/articles/slovene-society-ljubljana) to call this month talnik (related to ice melting), but it has not stuck.\nThe idea was proposed by the priest and patriot [Blaž Potočnik](https://bliptext.com/articles/bla-poto-nik).\nA name of February in Slovene was also vesnar, after the mythological character [Vesna](https://bliptext.com/articles/vesna-mythology).\nAdditional names include brezen and breznik (both from breza 'birch'), ebehtnik (< Middle High German ebennaht 'equinox'), gregorščak (< Gregor '(Saint) Gregory'), marcij, postnik (< post 'Lent'), traven (< trava 'grass'), and tretnik (< tretji 'third').\nThe name sušec was first written in the Škofja Loka manuscript.\nAdditional names include brezen (< breza 'birch') and jurijevščak (< Jurij '(Saint) George').\nThe name mali traven was first written in the Škofja Loka manuscript.\nAdditional names include cvetičnik and cvetnar (both < cvet 'flower'), majnik, mlečen (< mleč 'chicory'), risalščak and rusalščak (< risale/rusale 'Pentecost'), rožni mesec (< roža 'flower'), and sviben (< sviba '(flowering of) dogwood').\nThe name veliki traven was first written in the Škofja Loka manuscript.\nAdditional names include bobov cvet (literally, '[broad bean](https://bliptext.com/articles/vicia-faba) blossom') ivanjščak and šentjanževec (both referring to [Saint John's Day](https://bliptext.com/articles/midsummer)), klasen (< klas 'head of grain'), kresnik (< kres 'bonfire', referring to [Midsummer](https://bliptext.com/articles/midsummer)), prašnik (literally, 'stamen'), rožencvet and rožni cvet (both 'flower blossom'), and rženi cvet ('rye blossom').\nAdditional names include jakobnik and jakobščak (both referring to [Saint James's Day](https://bliptext.com/articles/james-son-of-zebedee)), pšeničnik (< pšenica 'wheat'), and žetnik (< žetev 'reaping').\nAdditional names include kolovožnjak, medmašnik, mešnjak, otavnik, porcijunkula, velikomašnjak, and vršenj.\nAdditional names include jesenik, jesenščak, kozoprsk, miholščak, poberuh, and šmihelščnik.\nAdditional names include kozoprsk, listopad, lukovščak, moštnik, obročnik, repar, repnik, vinec, and vinščak.\nAdditional names include andrejščak, gnilolist, listognoj, martinščak, vsesvečnjak, and vsesvečak.\nAdditional names include kolednjak and veliki božičnjak (< božič 'Christmas').","revisionCount":0},"hasMore":false,"nextCursor":null}

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