днес

Bulgarian

Alternative forms

• дне́ска (dnéska)
• де́нес (dénes), де́неска (déneska), дене́ска (denéska), де́неси (dénesi), дене́си (denési) — dialectal
• дънъс (dǎnǎs) — Torlakian dialect

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *dьnьsь (“today”), from *dьnь (“day”) + *sь (“this”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [dnɛs]

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Adverb

днес • (dnes) (not comparable)

1. today (on the current day)

   Днес пе́тък ли е?

   Dnes pétǎk li e?

   Is it Friday today?

2. today, at present, now, nowadays, these days

Derived terms

• дне́шен (dnéšen, “of today”)

References

• “днес”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “днес, днеска”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 400

Anagrams

• денс (dens)