сегодня

Russian

Etymology

From Old East Slavic сего дьне (sego dĭne), from Proto-Slavic *se dьne / *sego dьne, from *sь (“this”) + *dьnь (“day”). Equivalent to сей (sej, “of this”) +‎ день (denʹ, “day”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [sʲɪˈvodʲnʲə] (phonetic respelling: сево́дня)
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Adverb

сего́дня • (sevódnja)

today
сего́дня у́тром ― sevódnja útrom ― this morning

Noun

сего́дня • (sevódnja) n inan (indeclinable)

today, this day

Related terms

сего́дняшний (sevódnjašnij)

References

Vasmer (Fasmer), Max (Maks) (1964–1973), “сегодня”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Trubačóv Oleg, Moscow: Progress

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