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Polish
Etymology
Literally, “good day”. The original, now dated, form was dobry dzień (which see for more), which at some point began to be pronounced as dobrydzień (now dated and dialectal) with the stress on -bry-; to prevent the spread of that rural form, the words were rearranged.
Pronunciation
Interjection
dzień dobry
- (idiomatic) good day, good morning, good afternoon
- Coordinate terms: dobranoc, dobry wieczór
Descendants
Further reading
- dzień dobry in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- dzień dobry in Polish dictionaries at PWN