сегодня

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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”). Synchronically analyzable as a univerbation of сего́ (sevó) +‎ дня́ (dnjá).

Cognate with Belarusian сёння (sjónnja) and Ukrainian сього́дні (sʹohódni).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):  (phonetic respelling: сево́дня)
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  • IPA(key): (colloquial, very common)

Adverb

сего́дня • (sevódnja)

  1. today
    сего́дня у́тром ― sevódnja útrom ― this morning

Noun

сего́дня • (sevódnja) n inan (indeclinable)

  1. today, this day

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References

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “сегодня”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
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