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Russian
Etymology
Inherited from Old East Slavic сего дьне (sego dĭne), from Proto-Slavic *se dьne / *sego dьne, from *sego, genitive of *sь (“this”) + *dьnь (“day”).
Cognate with Belarusian сёння (sjónnja) and Ukrainian сього́дні (sʹohódni).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (phonetic respelling: сево́дня)
- IPA(key): (colloquial, very common)
Adverb
сего́дня • (sevódnja)
- today
- сего́дня у́тром ― sevódnja útrom ― this morning
Noun
сего́дня • (sevódnja) n inan (indeclinable)
- today, this day
Derived terms
See also
References
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “сегодня”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress