domani Italian · revision 37671

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=inherited|attested=late 12th century, Proverbia que dicuntur|origins=la-lat dē māne}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * /doˈma.ni/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''domani''' (adverb; also an invariable masculine noun)^(Wiktionary)^(GRADIT 2003)

+ Older forms are [[roa-oit|dimane]] and [[roa-oit|domane]], and the literary [[roa-oit|dimani]].^(DELI 1999)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|la-lat|dē māne|t=in the morning]], a phrase of [[m|la|dē|t=from]] and [[m|la|māne|t=morning; early]].^(DELI 1999)^(Nocentini 2010)^(GRADIT 2003)^(Wiktionary) The Latin phrase was censured by grammarians: Servius wrote that one should not say ⟨de mane⟩, though most people did.^(LEI|1, 944) It is continued in [[fr|demain]], [[oc|deman]], [[ca|demà]], [[fur|doman]] and [[rm|damaun]].^(Nocentini 2010)^(LEI|1, 944)^(REW 1935) The meaning moved from “in the morning” to “the next morning” and then “the next day”, as did [[de|morgen]].^(Nocentini 2010) Elsewhere [[ro|mâine]] continues bare [[m|la|māne]], [[es|mañana]] and [[pt|manhã]] a phrase with an adjective formed from it, while Latin [[m|la|crās|t=tomorrow]] survives in southern Italy as ⟨crai⟩ and in [[sc|cras]].^(Nocentini 2010)^(DELI 1999)

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+ The Latin noun [[m|la|māne]] is a form of the old adjective [[m|la|mānis|t=good]], so that it first meant “at the good hour”.^(DELI 1999)^(DEI|1377) Wiktionary traces it to [[ine-pro|*meh₂-|t=to ripen, mature]].^(Wiktionary)

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+ The ⟨o⟩ of the first syllable is the rounding of a pretonic ⟨e⟩ before a labial, as in [[domandare]]; the final ⟨-i⟩, which replaced ⟨-e⟩ in the 15th century, follows [[ieri]] and [[oggi]].^(DELI 1999)^(Nocentini 2010)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The TLIO's first record is in the Venetian ''Proverbia que dicuntur'', of the late 12th century, for “tomorrow morning”.^(TLIO) The noun “the next day” (''la dimane'') is in the ''Storie de Troia e de Roma'' of 1252–1258, and the adverb in an Italian ''Pamphilus'' of about 1250: “doman tu le diras a mi” (tomorrow you will tell them to me).^(DELI 1999)^(TLIO) GRADIT and Nocentini date the word to about 1274.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Nocentini 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Old Italian ''la dimane'' could also mean simply “the morning”, and the word was even used for the east.^(TLIO)^(REW 1935) The sense “the future”, often set against ''oggi'', is early: Patecchio advises doing a favour today, “forsi no g'è-l doman” (perhaps there is no tomorrow).^(TLIO) DELI records the forms ''dimane'' in Folgore da San Gimignano at the end of the 13th century, ''domane'' in Cecco Angiolieri before 1313, and ''domani'' in Machiavelli before 1527.^(DELI 1999)

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+ ''Domattina'' “tomorrow morning”, from ''domani mattina'' with one ''ma'' dropped, is in the ''Novellino'';^(DELI 1999)^(Nocentini 2010) ''indomani'' dates from the 13th century, ''doman l'altro'' from 1691 and ''dopodomani'' from the 18th century.^(DELI 1999)^(Nocentini 2010) Ironic ''sì, domani!'' means “never”.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * Late 12th century – The ''Proverbia que dicuntur'' use the word for the next morning.^(TLIO)

+ * c. 1250 – An Italian ''Pamphilus'' uses ''doman'' “tomorrow”.^(TLIO)

+ * 1252–1258 – The ''Storie de Troia e de Roma'' use ''la dimane'' “the next day”.^(DELI 1999)

+ * Late 13th century – Folgore da San Gimignano uses ''dimane''.^(DELI 1999)

+ * Before 1527 – Machiavelli uses the form ''domani''.^(DELI 1999)

+ * 1691 – ''Doman l'altro'' is recorded.^(Nocentini 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adverb===

+ # [[m|en|tomorrow]], on the day after today: ''Domani parto per Torino.''^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)

+ # In the near or indefinite [[m|en|future]], often set against ''oggi'': ''Domani chissà dove saremo.''^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)

+ # ''(ironic)'' Never: ''Ti restituisce i soldi? Sì, domani!''^(GRADIT 2003)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)

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+ ===Noun===

+ # The next day: ''Il domani della festa erano tutti stanchi.''^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)^(Wiktionary)

+ # The future: ''Pensa al tuo domani.''^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[domattina]]

+ * [[dopodomani]]

+ * [[indomani]]

+ * [[posdomani]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[oggi]]

+ * [[ieri]]

+ * [[la|māne]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ Proverbs set ''domani'' against ''oggi'': ''meglio un uovo oggi che una gallina domani'' “a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush”, and ''oggi a me, domani a te''.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026) ''A domani'' is a common way of saying goodbye.^(Treccani 2011)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}