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Etymology

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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

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  • IPA(key): [sʲɪˈvodʲnʲə] (phonetic respelling: сево́дня)
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  • IPA(key): [ˈsʲɵdʲnʲə] (colloquial, very common)

Adverb

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сего́дня (sevódnja)

  1. today
    сего́дня у́тромsevódnja útromthis morning

Noun

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сего́дня (sevódnjan inan (indeclinable)

  1. today, this day

Derived terms

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See also

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References

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