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  What it means

  “On Thomas’s Day is our longest night.” A concise proverb marking the winter solstice (December 21, old calendar St. Thomas’s Day) as the night of the year with the most darkness.

  Vocabulary

  • najdłuższa — longest (superlative of długa)
  • noc — night
  • nasza — our, ours

  Grammar note

  'Najdłuższa' is the superlative of 'długa' (long), agreeing with 'noc' (feminine noun).

  Cultural context

  In the old Julian calendar, St. Thomas's Day (December 21) coincided with the winter solstice.

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