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dnia

Dnia is the genitive singular form of the Polish noun dzień, meaning “day.” It is not a separate word with its own meaning, but it appears in a small set of fixed phrases and formal date constructions.

In Polish, dnia is most commonly encountered in date expressions and certain idiomatic phrases. It frequently

Grammatically, dnia is the genitive singular of dzień. Its use is largely confined to formal, bureaucratic, or

See also: dzień, date expressions in Polish, Polish grammar.

appears
at
the
start
of
a
sentence
or
clause
to
designate
a
specific
date,
for
example:
Dnia
12
maja
2020
r.
or
Dnia
12
maja
2020
roku,
prezydent
wygłosił
przemówienie.
In
other
contexts,
the
genitive
singular
occurs
after
prepositions
that
govern
the
genitive,
as
in
z
dnia
na
dzień,
meaning
“from
day
to
day.”
In
standard
prepositional
use
with
a
date
phrase
introduced
by
w
dniu,
the
locative
form
dniau
(dniu)
is
used:
W
dniu
12
maja
2020
r.
means
“on
May
12,
2020.”
literary
styles,
where
it
serves
to
anchor
a
date
without
repeating
the
day-noun
in
the
nominative.
The
form
has
its
roots
in
the
history
of
Polish
and
related
Slavic
languages,
where
the
word
for
“day”
appears
with
similar
inflected
shapes.