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  What it means

  “A sunny bridegroom’s day means a fruitful year.” If the weather is fair on a wedding day, the coming year will be abundant and fertile. A folk omen linking wedding-day sunshine with agricultural prosperity.

  English equivalent

  Happy is the bride the sun shines on.

  Vocabulary

  • oblubieniec — bridegroom
  • pogodny — sunny, fair (weather)
  • rok — year
  • urodny — fruitful, fertile, abundant

  Grammar note

  Both 'pogodny' and 'urodny' are nominative masculine singular adjectives agreeing with 'oblubieniec' and 'rok' respectively. The proverb uses a simple parallel structure without a conjunction.

  Cultural context

  Wedding omens are common in Polish folk tradition. Sunshine on the wedding day was seen as a blessing for the couple and the harvest alike.

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