Nazwy miejscowe Kresów Wschodnich w zapomnianej polskiej frazeologii
Place names of the Eastern Borderlands in the forgotten Polish phraseology

Summary/Abstract: The article represents a trend of research in phraseology and onomastics. It describes obsolete phraseological combinations which contain an oikonymical component which currently refers to Ukraine and it analyses combinations which feature proper names which refer to major or well-known cities as well as other places and villages along with adjectives which are derived from them, e.g.: Berdyczów (Pisuj na Berdyczów [lit. trans. Write to Berdyczów]), Brusiłów (brusiłowska biblioteka [lit. trans. Library of Brusiłów]), Humań (humański dureń [lit. trans. a fool from Humań]), Kamieniec Podolski (Kamieniec do Polski klucz [lit. trans. Kamieniec – a key to Poland]). The purpose of these considerations is to closely examine phraseologisms and proverbs which were used earlier and which constitute testimony to many centuries of historical and cultural links between Poland and Ukraine as well as to indicate the reason why the lexical constructions became obsolete. The lexical combinations which were described constitute a worthwhile linguistic account of the life in remote periods of history. The realia of the past documented in this account reflect former Polish--Ukrainian linguistic contact.

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