The distance or stage that can be covered in one day of travel.
Examples
Do granicy zostały dwa dni drogi.
Two days of travel remained to the border.
Karawana była o dzień jazdy od miasta.
The caravan was a day of riding from the town.
Przed nami był jeszcze dzień marszu.
There was still a day of marching ahead of us.
Wieś leżała dzień drogi dalej.
The village lay a day of travel farther on.
Po dniu drogi dotarli do rzeki.
After a day of travel they reached the river.
Similar words
dzień drogi
dzień jazdy
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Archaic bee hollow
noun
beekeeping
archaic
An old regional word for a hollowed tree or forest hive used by bees.
Examples
W dawnym opisie puszczy dzień oznaczał barć.
In an old description of the forest, dzień meant a bee tree.
Bartnik znał każdą dzień w okolicy.
The tree beekeeper knew every bee tree in the area.
Starą dzień wydrążono wysoko w pniu.
The old bee hollow was cut high in the trunk.
W gwarze mówiono dzień na drzewo z pszczołami.
In the dialect, dzień was said for a tree with bees.
Miód z tej dzieni zapisano w inwentarzu.
Honey from that bee tree was recorded in the inventory.
Similar words
barć
dzienia
dzienie
dziń
dziono
Etymology
Inherited from Old Polish dzień, from Proto-Slavic *dьnь, ultimately connected with an Indo-European root meaning to shine. The rare beekeeping homonym comes from Old Polish dzienia, linked to dziać, to hollow or make.
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