dies Saturni

Latin

Days of the week
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Etymology

From diēs (“day”) and Sāturnī, genitive of Sāturnus.

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈdi.eːs saːˈtʊr.niː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈd̪iː.es saˈt̪ur.ni]

Proper noun

diēs Sāturnī f (genitive diēī Sāturnī); fifth declension

Saturday

Declension

Fifth-declension noun with an indeclinable portion.

	singular	plural
nominative	diēs Sāturnī	diēs Sāturnī
genitive	diēī Sāturnī	diērum Sāturnī
dative	diēī Sāturnī	diēbus Sāturnī
accusative	diem Sāturnī	diēs Sāturnī
ablative	diē Sāturnī	diēbus Sāturnī
vocative	diēs Sāturnī	diēs Sāturnī

Synonyms

diēs Sabbatī

Coordinate terms

Descendants

→ Albanian: e shtunë
→ Cornish: dy'Sadorn (calque)
→ Irish: Dé Sathairn (calque)
→ Scottish Gaelic: Disathairne (calque)
→ Welsh: dydd Sadwrn (calque)
→ Proto-West Germanic: *Sāturnas dag (calque)
- Old English: sæternesdæġ, sæterndæġ, sæteresdæġ, sæterdæġ
  - Middle English: Saterday, Seterday, Ceterday, Satirday, Saturday, Saturnesday, zeterdai
    - English: Saturday
      - Tok Pisin: Sarere
    - Scots: Seturday
    - Yola: Zathardei, zatherdei
- Old Frisian: sāterdei
  - West Frisian: saterdei, saterje
  - Saterland Frisian: Saterdag
- Old Saxon:
  - Middle Low German: satersdach
    - Dutch Low Saxon: zaoterdag
    - German Low German: Saterdag
- Old Dutch:
  - Middle Dutch: saterdach
    - Dutch: zaterdag, Zaterdag, Zaturdag, zaturdag (obsolete spellings)
      - Afrikaans: Saterdag
      - Negerhollands: saeterdag, saterdag
      - → Lokono: satdakha, satradakha
      - → Mohegan-Pequot: zotortar
      - → Sranan Tongo: satra
        → Kari'na: satra
    - Limburgish: zaoterdig
    - West Flemish: zoaterdag
- Old High German:
  - Middle High German: sātirsdach (Ripuarian)
    - Central Franconian: Sodeschdaach, Sodeschdig (obsolete)