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  What it means

  If January is wet and muddy, July will be rainy. A folk weather proverb pairing the first and seventh months.

  Vocabulary

  • styczeń — January
  • zachlapany — splashed, muddy, wet
  • lipiec — July
  • zapłakany — tearful, weeping (here: rainy)

  Grammar note

  Both adjectives are past passive participles used predicatively. The rhyme (zachlapany / zapłakany) aids memorability.

  Cultural context

  Part of a large body of Polish folk meteorological proverbs pairing calendar months.

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