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  What it means

  “To this new year.” A traditional New Year’s greeting wishing someone well in the coming year — an archaic but still-used Polish New Year’s toast and wish.

  Vocabulary

  • siego — this (archaic genitive of 'ten')
  • rok — year

  Grammar note

  'Siego' is an archaic genitive form of 'ten' (this). 'Do siego roku' is a fixed, fossilised phrase used only as a New Year's greeting.

  Cultural context

  Said at midnight on New Year's Eve, often alongside 'Szczęśliwego Nowego Roku'. The archaic form gives it a traditional, ceremonial feel.

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