lipca

Lipca is the genitive singular form of lipiec, the Polish name for the month of July. It is used in date expressions to indicate the day and month, for example, 12 lipca 2023 roku means 12 July 2023. In Polish, when a day of the month is stated with a number, the month is typically in the genitive case.

Lipiec is declined as lipiec (nominative), lipca (genitive), lipcowi (dative), lipiec (accusative), lipcem (instrumental), lipcu (locative), lipcu (vocative). The locative lipcu is used with prepositions to indicate “in July,” as in w lipcu.

The name lipiec is traditionally linked to the linden tree (lipa) and the seasonal appearance of linden blossoms in July. The suffix -iec is a common formation in Polish for creating month-related or plant-related terms, contributing to the historical naming of the months based on flora and seasonal associations.

In contemporary use, lipca appears primarily in calendar and date contexts, such as official documents, news reports, travel itineraries, and everyday speech when specifying dates. It functions as a grammatical form rather than a standalone noun outside of these date phrases.