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The word "dziad" comes from the Proto-Slavic word *dědъ (pl. *dědi) meaning primarily "grandfather", "an old man with an honorable position in the family", "ancestor" and "old man". The second meaning is "spirit, demon" (compare Polish dziadzi (adjective) considered a euphemism from diabli (adjective of "devil"), Kashubian.
The term is derived from "ded" (Russian: дед, lit. 'grandfather'), which is the Russian Army slang equivalent of gramps, meaning soldiers after their third (or fourth, which is also known as dembel (Russian: дембель or "DMB" Russian: ДМБ)) half-year of compulsory service, stemming from a vulgarization of the word "demobilization" (Russian: демобилизация, romanized ...
Somalis use their paternal grandfather's given name as their legal surname for documentation purposes. They also use the term "ina" or "iña" meaning "the son of" or "the daughter of," which is similar to other African and Arab naming patterns. For example, the name "Ahmed Mohamed Ali Farah" means "Ahmed son of Mohamed son of Ali son of Farah."
Polish Czech, "a Czech or Bohemian man" ← Czech Čech: AHD: Mazurka: One of Polish 5 national dances, or a piece of music for such a dance from Polish (tańczyć) mazurka, "(to dance) the mazurka", accusative of mazurek ← diminutive of Mazur, "inhabitant of Masovia or Masuria", regions in northeastern Poland AHD, OED, SWO: Polack
The literal translation of Ded Moroz is Grandfather Frost or Old Man Frost, but traditionally the name is translated as Father Frost. Morozko by Ivan Bilibin Viktor Vasnetsov: Ded Moroz 1885. A sketch of the costume for "The Snow Maiden" Ded Moroz wears a heel-length fur coat, in red or blue, a semi-round fur hat, and valenki on his feet. He ...
Ludwik Dorn (b. 1954), Polish politician, a speaker of the Sejm [11] Bronisław Geremek, Polish social historian, politician and former Minister of Foreign Affairs; Shlomo Goren (1917–1994), Chief Rabbi of the Military Rabbinate of the IDF; Anna Komorowska, First Lady of Poland between 2010 and 2015; Julian Klaczko (1825–1906), Polish ...
Domovoy, by Ivan Bilibin (1934) [1] In the Slavic religious tradition, Domovoy (Russian: Домовой, literally "[the one] of the household"; also spelled Domovoi, Domovoj, and known as Polish: Domowik, Serbian: Домовик (Domovik), Ukrainian: Домовик (Domovyk) and Belarusian: Дамавік (Damavik)) is the household spirit of a given kin. [2]
Grandparents, individually known as grandmother and grandfather, or Grandma and Grandpa, are the parents of a person's father or mother – paternal or maternal.Every sexually reproducing living organism who is not a genetic chimera has a maximum of four genetic grandparents, eight genetic great-grandparents, sixteen genetic great-great-grandparents, thirty-two genetic great-great-great ...