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jąwszy is a short form of "wziąwszy" = having taken[/quote]

Yes! :)[/quote][/quote][/quote]

sounds however like an exception as slavic languages did not adopt short forms (except for "soviet"...

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jąwszy is a short form of "wziąwszy" = having taken

Очень возможно. Украинцы нас, русских, тоже называют "москалями", а мы их - "хохлами". Если хотят оскорбить то "кацапами". :lol: Ну это наши внутренние дела, я ещё не встречал никого, кто бы на это...

In old Polish
Russian = Moskal
Russia (state) = Moskwa

This was adopted from lithuanian language.
600 years ago king of Lithuania united almost all
"русские землм" and declared duke of Moscow...

my version:

The Germans and the Russians won't find peace
As we pick our swords
Under the homeland's banner
That keeps together all of us

because it was "easy-reader" version for "beginners":)

Originally the polish anthem included a few lines
more but they were deleted on political correctness
reasons:

Niemiec, Moskal nie...

Jeszcze Polska nie zginela
Poki my zyjemy
Co nam obca przemoc wziela
Szabla odbierzemy

Marsz Marsz Dabrowski
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Za Twoim przewodem
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