Nazwy terenowe związane z gospodarką rolną i leśną w powiecie sokólskim
Names related to agriculture and forestry in the Sokólski poviat

Summary/Abstract: The article discusses microtoponyms in the Sokolka District derived from the names of plots of ground and the processes connected with haymaking. The author’s attention is focused on verb forms, e.g.: карчаваць, церабiць, расчышчаць, драць which indicate how pioneer farmers “attained” parcels of forest to change it into plough-land. Microtoponyms with Polish phonetics and morphology, Belarusian names as well as two names with Lithuanian etymology have been revealed. Some names of the Sokolka District have their equivalents on the territory of Belarus, mainly in Grodno region where settlers of eastern part of the Bialystok District came from.

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