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Irish
- aniu, aniugh, indiu, innibh, inniubh (superseded)
- andhiú, andiu, andiú, aniodh, a-niodh, aniogh, a-niogh, aniomh, a-niomh, a-niu, aniú, a-niú, a-niugh, anndiu, i ndiu, i ndiú, indhiu, in-diu, indiú, in-diú, indíu, indiubh, indiumh, inniú, ndiadha, ndíadha, ndiu, 'ndiu, ndiú, niugh (obsolete)[1]
Etymology
From Old Irish indiu,[2] composed of i (“in”) or in (“the”) plus the dative singular of día (“day”). Compare inné (“yesterday”).
Pronunciation
Adverb
inniu
- today
Usage notes
Unlike today in English, inniu is exclusively an adverb and has to be combined with forms of an lá (“the day”) in order to function as a noun. For instance:
- an lá inniu a chaitheamh sa bhaile ― to spend today at home
- ar chuma an lae inniu ― just like today
- i gceannlínte an lae inniu ― in today's headlines
References
- ^ “inniu”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “indiu”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 29
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 19
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