Topic: Polish

"Tęcza jest piękna."

Translation:The rainbow is beautiful.

March 22, 2016

6 Comments

https://www.duolingo.com/va-diim

    Yeah Russian is tucza for raincloud, and oblako for white fluffy cloud, and raduga is rainbow

    August 7, 2016
    https://www.duolingo.com/LICA98
    • 769

    lol in Russian tęcza means cloud

    March 22, 2016
    https://www.duolingo.com/Vengir

      I'm not entirely sure, but if I recall correctly, it comes from the Proto-Slavic word for rain.

      March 23, 2016
      https://www.duolingo.com/Emwue
      • 410

      I don't know about Proto-Slavic, but it certainly comes from OCS(Old Church Slavonic) тѫча – rain. There are also other descendants: "tuča"(hail - Serbo-Croatian), "tučel"(rainbow - Upper Sorbian) and "tyca"(rainbow - Lower Sorbian).

      March 23, 2016
      https://www.duolingo.com/babbeloergosum

        What about "pretty"?

        September 12, 2017
        https://www.duolingo.com/Jellei
        Mod

          Not strong enough. (although maybe somewhere it's still accepted). Pretty would be "ładna".

          September 13, 2017

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