FOLK NAMES OF FLOWERS MOTIVATED BY NOMINATIONS OF MEMBERS OF THE HOLY FAMILY (BASED ON THE MATERIAL OF THE POLISH LANGUAGE)

Abstract

. The article provides a detailed analysis of the folk names of flowers (floronyms) in the Polish language, which are motivated by the names of members of the Holy Family – the Virgin Mary, Jesus, St. Joseph. The authors set themselves the task of describing features of the structure of the studied floronyms, as well as their grammatical and word-formation features. The authors pay special attention to classification of characteristic properties of plants acting as the characteristics underlying the nomination. The research presents the explication of collective images of members of the Holy Family, given through the prism of folk phytonymy. The conceptual category “Flowers” has a specific character, being neither strictly biological nor exclusively pragmatic; and elements of archaic, pre-Christian mythology are closely interwoven into the ideas of evangelical characters. Studying of such specific material requires a comprehensive research approach; therefore, elements of various methods are involved in the study – descriptive, statistical, etc.