додня

Pannonian Rusyn

Etymology

Univerbation of до (do) +‎ дня (dnja), literally “until the day”.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdɔɟɲa]
• Rhymes: -ɔɟɲa
• Hyphenation: до‧дня

Adverb

додня (dodnja)

1. very early, at dawn, at the crack of dawn, at daybreak

   Synonym: додня рано (dodnja rano)

   цо же ти пришол так додня? ― co že ti prišol tak dodnja? ― why did you come so early?

   • 2024 September 17, А. Балатинац, “Учителька хтора жиє свой сон (I) [A teacher who is living her dream (I)]”, in Руске Слово‎^[1]:

     Док сом жила при моїх, шицко ше робело так як цо то робели Руснаци, додня ше ставало, здравкало, робело по обисцох.

     Dok som žila pri mojix, šicko še robelo tak jak co to robeli Rusnaci, dodnja še stavalo, zdravkalo, robelo po obiscox.

     When I lived with my family, everything was done the way the Rusyns did, got up at the crack of dawn, greeted, worked according to the households.

Derived terms

adjectives

• додньови (dodnʹovi)

 

adverbs

• оддодня (oddodnja)

 

References

• Medʹeši, H., Fejsa, M., Timko-Djitko, O. (2010) “додня”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Руско-сербски словнїк [Rusyn-Serbian Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy
• Fejsa, M., Šlemender, M., Čelʹovski, S. (2022) “daybreak”, in Анґлийско-руски словнїк [English-Rusyn Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy; Ruska matka, →ISBN, page 76