Łękawica is an heraldic ordinary in the shape of 2 joined chevrons, similar to letter W. Usually, it is of the colour of or (gold), azure (blue), or

argent In heraldry, argent () is the tincture of silver, and belongs to the class of light tinctures called "metals". It is very frequently depicted as white and usually considered interchangeable with it. In engravings and line drawings, regions to b ...

(white).

Usage

It was used in the several coat of arms of

heraldic clan A heraldic clan (''ród herbowy''), in Poland, comprised all the noble (''szlachta'') bearers of the same coat of arms. The members of a heraldic clan were not necessarily linked by consanguinity. The concept was unique to Polish heraldry. His ...

s of

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It extends from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Sudetes and Carpathian Mountains in the south, bordered by Lithuania and Russia to the northeast, Belarus and Ukrai ...

, including: Abdank and its variants,K. Niesiecki, ''Powiększony dodatkami z poźniejszych autorów rękopismów, dowodów, urzędowych i wydany przez Jana Nep. Bobrowicza, J.N. Bobrowicz'', vol. 2, p. 1-7.

Dębno Dębno () is a town in Myślibórz County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship in western Poland. As of December 2021, the town has a population of 13,443. Data for territorial unit 3210034. Despite its location in the West Pomeranian Voivodeship, Dębn ...

, and Dowgiałło. It also appears in the coat of arms of several towns, including

Krośniewice Krośniewice is a town in Kutno County, Łódź Voivodeship, Poland, with 4,258 inhabitants (2020). Transport The European routes E30 and E75 used to intersect in the town until a bypass was built around the town in 2010. The main railway betwe ...

and

Żary Żary (, , , ) is a town in western Poland with 37,502 inhabitants (2019), situated in the Lubusz Voivodeship. It is the administrative seat of the Żary County and of the Gmina Żary within the county, though the town is not part of the gmina (c ...

,UCHWAŁA NR XXI/75/16 RADY MIEJSKIEJ W ŻARACH z dnia 9 września 2016 r. w sprawie Statutu Gminy Żary o statusie miejskim
Biuletyn Informacji Publicznej.

Obertyn Obertyn (; ; ; also Obertin) is a rural settlement in Ivano-Frankivsk Raion, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, western Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Obertyn settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Population: History The Battle of ...

Ukraine Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the List of European countries by area, second-largest country in Europe after Russia, which Russia–Ukraine border, borders it to the east and northeast. Ukraine also borders Belarus to the nor ...

, and

Vietka Vyetka or Vetka (; ; ) is a town in Gomel Region, Belarus. It is situated on the bank of the Sozh River, and serves as the administrative center of Vyetka District. As of 2025, it has a population of 8,580. It was established in 1685 by the Old ...

Belarus Belarus, officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Russia to the east and northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Belarus spans an a ...

, as well as the

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality' ...

Osięciny Osięciny () is a village in Radziejów County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Osięciny. It lies approximately east of Radziejów and south of Toru� ...

, Poland. Additionally, it appears in the emblem of the 58th Independent Motorized Infantry Brigade of the

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Gallery

POL COA Abdank.svg,

Abdank coat of arms Abdank is a Polish coat of arms. It was used by several ''szlachta'' families in the times of the Kingdom of Poland and the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. Blazoning Gules '' łękawica'' argent, crest: łąkawica as in arms. History Accord ...

. POL COA Dębno.svg, Dębno coat of arms. POL COA Dowgiałło.png, Dowgiałło coat of arms. POL Krośniewice COA.svg, Coat of arms of

. Coat of Arms of Vietka, Belarus.svg, Coar of arms of

Obertyn coat of arms.svg, Coat of arms of

. POL Żary COA.svg, Coat of arms of

. POL gmina Osięciny COA.svg, Coat of arms of the municipality of

. Alex K Ivan Vygovskyi.svg, Private coat of arms of

Ivan Vyhovsky Ivan Vyhovsky (; ; date of birth unknown, died 1664), a Ukrainian military and political figure and statesman, served as hetman of the Zaporizhian Host and of the Cossack Hetmanate for three years (1657–1659) during the Russo-Polish War (1654 ...

. 58th Separate Motorized Brigade SSI (with tab).svg, Emblem of the 58th Independent Motorized Infantry Brigade.

References

Bibliography

* K. Niesiecki, ''Powiększony dodatkami z poźniejszych autorów rękopismów, dowodów, urzędowych i wydany przez Jana Nep. Bobrowicza, J.N. Bobrowicz'', vol. 2, Lipsk: Breitkopf i Haertel, 1839. * Tadeusz Gajl, ''Herbarz polski od średniowiecza do XX wieku: ponad 4500 herbów szlacheckich 37 tysięcy nazwisk 55 tysięcy rodów''. L&L, 2007. . {{DEFAULTSORT:lekawica Polish heraldry Heraldic ordinaries