{"id":23603,"date":"2025-06-12T19:54:43","date_gmt":"2025-06-13T02:54:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/?p=23603"},"modified":"2025-06-12T19:55:38","modified_gmt":"2025-06-13T02:55:38","slug":"archaic-terms-in-polish-metrical-records-part-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/23603","title":{"rendered":"Archaic Terms in Polish Metrical Records \u2013 Part 4"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In previous posts, the meanings of the words <em>zawczoraj<\/em> and <em>onegdaj<\/em> were both defined as \u201cthe day before yesterday\u201d, the word <em>zaonegdaj<\/em> was defined as &#8220;three days ago&#8221;, and the word <em>niewie\u015b<\/em>ci was defined as &#8220;women&#8221;. Another related word is also difficult to find in current dictionaries: <em>pozawczoraj<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp;<em><a href=\"https:\/\/sjp.pwn.pl\/\">S\u0142ownik j\u0119zyka polskiego<\/a><\/em>&nbsp;(Dictionary of the Polish language) describes the word&nbsp;<em><em>pozawczoraj<\/em><\/em>&nbsp;in this way:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/pozawczoraj.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"612\" height=\"227\" src=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/pozawczoraj.jpg\" alt=\"Definition of pozawczoraj\" class=\"wp-image-23604\" style=\"width:399px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/pozawczoraj.jpg 612w, https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/pozawczoraj-300x111.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 612px) 100vw, 612px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>pozawczoraj<\/strong> \u00abthe day before yesterday; the day before yesterday, the day before yesterday\u00bb: The day before yesterday they were alone together on a walk! KRASZ. <em>Poeta 174<\/em>. I saw your father the day before yesterday, he was in good health and went back to the country. KRASI\u0143. <em>Letters II, 335<\/em>. The day before yesterday I spent the evening talking. <em>S\u0141OW. Letters I, 113 \/\/ SW<\/em><br><br><a href=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/23120\">Archaic Terms in Polish Metrical Records \u2013 Part 1<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/23403\">Archaic Terms in Polish Metrical Records \u2013 Part 2<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/23452\">Archaic Terms in Polish Metrical Records \u2013 Part 3<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Copyright \u00a9 2025 by Stephen J. Danko<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In previous posts, the meanings of the words zawczoraj and onegdaj were both defined as \u201cthe day before yesterday\u201d, the word zaonegdaj was defined as &#8220;three days ago&#8221;, and the word niewie\u015bci was defined as &#8220;women&#8221;. 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