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babie lato

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Polish

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Etymology

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Literally, woman's summer.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈba.bjɛ ˈla.tɔ/
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  • Syllabification: ba‧bie la‧to

Noun

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babie lato n

  1. (idiomatic) Indian summer (stretch of warm days in autumn)
    Synonym: złota jesień
  2. (idiomatic) gossamer (cobwebs)
  3. (obsolete) any plant of the genus Chamaenerion, e.g. willowherb, fireweed
    Synonym: wierzbówka

Declension

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Further reading

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  • babie lato in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • babie lato in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • Oskar Kolberg (1877) “babie-lato”, in “Rzecz o mowie ludu wielkopolskiego”, in Zbiór wiadomości do antropologii krajowéj (in Polish), volume 1, III (Materyjały etnologiczne), page 17