“Landish”: how to call spring flowers in Ukrainian

03 April 2024, 13:32 | Ukraine 
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Due to the full-scale invasion of Russia, many of our citizens switched to the Ukrainian language. But some Ukrainians make mistakes when communicating. In particular, you can often hear how some of the spring flowers are called “lilies of the valley.”.

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The correct Ukrainian name for this flower is konvaliya.

“Konvaliya is a rich herbaceous plant, whose color is divided into white flowers, similar to twins.; stagnant in medicine, perfumery. From the Great Meadow there was a chill and the smell of convalescence (Olexa Storozhenko, I, 1957, 252); The fragile bells of the convals hang on their thin legs. Smelly, miraculous convoys (Olexandr Kopilenko, Yak stench. , 1961, 43); Valuable raw material for the preparation of drugs, which are widely used in cases of heart disease, is convalia travnev (Science and Life, 7, 1958, 30),” says the Academic Explanatory Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language SUM.

Earlier, linguist Alexander Avramenko told how to correctly say “podsnizhnik” or “prolisok” in Ukrainian.

Let us remind you that some Ukrainians do not know how to greet correctly, so they often use surzhik words for this.. But the Ukrainian language is rich and euphonious, so there are at least ten beautiful options for greetings.

Источник: Зеркало недели