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Slovene months

Slovene months is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Slovene months rather than just read about it. In short: Slovene months have standard modern names derived from Latin names, as in most European languages. There are also archaic Slovene month names, mostly of Slavic origin, which exist in both a standardized set as well as many variations.

Key takeaways

Slovene months belongs to science; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Slovene months to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Slovene months from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

Slovene months have standard modern names derived from Latin names, as in most European languages. There are also archaic Slovene month names, mostly of Slavic origin, which exist in both a standardized set as well as many variations.

Standard modern names

The standard modern Slovene month names are januar, februar, marec, april, maj, junij, julij, avgust, september, oktober, november, and december. When 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'). Older variants include januvarij 'January', februvarij 'February', and marcij 'March'.

Standard archaic names

Many of the names in the standardized set of archaic Slovene month names first occur in the Škofja Loka manuscript, written in 1466 by Martin of Loka.

January prosinec '(sun) shining through'; modern Slovene januar February svečan perhaps 'dry' or 'cut' (influenced by svečnica 'Candlemas'); modern Slovene februar March sušec '(earth) dry (enough for cultivation)'; modern Slovene marec April mali traven 'small grass'; modern Slovene april May veliki traven 'large grass'; modern Slovene maj June rožnik 'flowers' (a translation of German Rosenmonat); modern Slovene junij July mali srpan 'small sickle' (i.e., reaping); modern Slovene julij August veliki srpan 'large sickle' (i.e., reaping); modern Slovene avgust September kimavec 'nodding (fruit)'; modern Slovene september October vinotok 'wine flowing' (a translation of German Weinmonat); modern Slovene oktober November listopad 'falling leaves'; modern Slovene november December gruden 'biting (cold)' or 'clumped (earth)'; modern Slovene december

Variant archaic month names Multiple 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'). In the Prekmurje dialect 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'.

By month January Additional 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'). The name prosinec, associated with millet bread and the act of asking for something, was first written in the Škofja Loka manuscript.

February Additional names include sečan and sečen (both related to suh 'dry' or from sek- 'cut'), and sečni mesec (< sek- 'cut'). The name svečan may relate to icicles or Candlemas. This name originates from sičan, written as svičan in the New Carniolan Almanac from 1775 and changed to its final form by Franc Metelko in his New Almanac from 1824. The name was also spelled sečan, meaning "the month of cutting down of trees". In 1848, a proposal was put forward in Kmetijske in rokodelske novice by the Slovene Society of Ljubljana to call this month talnik (related to ice melting), but it has not stuck. The idea was proposed by the priest and patriot Blaž Potočnik. A name of February in Slovene was also vesnar, after the mythological character Vesna.

March Additional 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'). The name sušec was first written in the Škofja Loka manuscript.

April Additional names include brezen (< breza 'birch') and jurijevščak (< Jurij '(Saint) George'). The name mali traven was first written in the Škofja Loka manuscript.

May Additional 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'). The name veliki traven was first written in the Škofja Loka manuscript.

June Additional names include bobov cvet (literally, 'broad bean blossom') ivanjščak and šentjanževec (both referring to Saint John's Day), klasen (< klas 'head of grain'), kresnik (< kres 'bonfire', referring to Midsummer), prašnik (literally, 'stamen'), rožencvet and rožni cvet (both 'flower blossom'), and rženi cvet ('rye blossom').

July Additional names include jakobnik and jakobščak (both referring to Saint James's Day), pšeničnik (< pšenica 'wheat'), and žetnik (< žetev 'reaping').

August Additional names include kolovožnjak, medmašnik, mešnjak, otavnik, porcijunkula, velikomašnjak, and vršenj.

September Additional names include jesenik, jesenščak, kozoprsk, miholščak, poberuh, and šmihelščnik.

October Additional names include kozoprsk, listopad, lukovščak, moštnik, obročnik, repar, repnik, vinec, and vinščak.

November Additional names include andrejščak, gnilolist, listognoj, martinščak, vsesvečnjak, and vsesvečak.

December Additional names include kolednjak and veliki božičnjak (< božič 'Christmas').

See also Croatian months Czech months Macedonian months Slavic calendar

References

External links https://projetbabel.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=7222 A comprehensive table of Slavic and Baltic month names, explanation in French.

Illustrations

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Slovene months

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Slovene months claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Slovene months before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Slovene months ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Slovene months

In research: Slovene months appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Slovene months in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Slovene months is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Months, Slovene language, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Slovene months outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Slovene months in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Slovene months means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
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Frequently asked questions

What is Slovene months in simple terms?

Why does Slovene months matter?

Because it connects several science ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Slovene months?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

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It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Slovene months.