• Listen

  What it means

  Literally “the seventh water after fruit jelly.” Refers to a very distant relative or a connection that is so tenuous it’s barely a connection at all.

  Vocabulary

  • kisiel — kisiel (a traditional viscous fruit dessert)

  Grammar note

  Ordinal number 'siódma' (seventh).

  Cultural context

  Kisiel is thick; the 'seventh water' used to wash the pot would be almost entirely transparent, symbolizing the diluted kinship.

  Intermediate

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