domattina Italian · revision 39080

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound, clipping|attested=before 1292, Fiore di rettorica}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * /do.matˈti.na/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''domattina''' (adverb, invariable).^(Wiktionary)^(Devoto–Oli 2026) Archaic and Tuscan [[dimattina]].^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Treccani 2011) Old Italian also wrote [[m|roa-oit|domatina]], [[m|roa-oit|dimatina]] and [[m|roa-oit|dematina]].^(TLIO)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is a reduction of the phrase [[domani]] [[mattina]] “tomorrow morning”, in which the second syllable of the first word has been dropped.^(DELI 1999)^(Nocentini 2010)^(GRADIT 2003)^(Zingarelli 2010) The GDLI and Sabatini–Coletti describe it as [[aplologia|alt=haplology]], the loss of one of two similar syllables in sequence.^(GDLI)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026) Wiktionary calls it a blend.^(Wiktionary) Treccani notes that it is simply the joined spelling of the reduced phrase.^(Treccani 2011)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The TLIO's first record is a Florentine text, the second redaction of the ''Fiore di rettorica'', before 1292.^(TLIO) DELI dates it to the ''Novellino'' at the end of the 13th century, where a man is told he will get the second bundle “tomorrow morning, when you come back here” (''Domattina quando ci tornerai'').^(DELI 1999)^(GDLI)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The meaning has not changed: the morning of the day after today.^(TLIO)^(GRADIT 2003) Cecco Angiolieri, Boccaccio, Pulci, Goldoni and Manzoni all use it.^(GDLI) The variant ''dimattina'', from ''dimani'', is now archaic or Tuscan.^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Treccani 2011) GRADIT counts the adverb among the fundamental words of Italian.^(GRADIT 2003)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * Before 1292 – The ''Fiore di rettorica'' has the first record.^(TLIO)

+ * Late 13th century – The ''Novellino'' uses it.^(DELI 1999)

+ * 1349–1353 – Boccaccio uses it in the ''Decameron''.^(GDLI)^(Tommaseo–Bellini 1861)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adverb===

+ # [[m|en|tomorrow]] morning, in the morning of the next day: ''Domattina passo da te prima di andare in ufficio.''^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[posdomattina]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[domani]]

+ * [[mattina]]

+ * [[stamattina]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ ''A domattina!'' “see you tomorrow morning” is a common leave-taking.^(Zingarelli 2010)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}