Month |
Slavic name
|
Meaning
|
January |
Sechen’ (Сечень) | Time of tree felling |
February |
Lyutyi, Snezhen’ (Лютый, Снежень) | Month of frosts and snowfalls |
March |
Berezozol, Protal’nik, Kapel’nik (Березозол, Протальник, Капельник) |
Cutting birch (beryoza), burning it to ashes (zola) for agricultural purpose |
April |
Tsveten’ (Цветень) | Start of blossoming (tsvetenie) |
May |
Traven’ (Травень) | Grass (trava) covers the ground |
June |
Cherven’, Izok (Червень, Изок) | Collecting material for making red paint, or grasshopper (izok) |
July |
Lipets, Stradnik (Липец, Страдник) | Linden blossoms, or haymaking time |
August |
Serpen’ (Серпень) | Time to harvest by sickle (serp) |
Semtember |
Khmuren’ (Хмурень) | Cloudy (kmuroe) sky |
October |
Listopad, Gryaznik (Листопад, Грязник) | Autumn fall of leaves, time of mud (gryaz’) |
November |
Gruden’ (Грудень) | Frozen muddy road (gruden’) |
December |
Studen’ (Студень) | Frost (stuzha) |
