diurnum

Latin

Etymology

Substantivization of diurnus (day, relational adjective). Documented from the fourth century AD.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

diurnum n (genitive diurnī); second declension (Late Latin)

  1. day (specifically the time when the sun is up)

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative diurnum diurna
Genitive diurnī diurnōrum
Dative diurnō diurnīs
Accusative diurnum diurna
Ablative diurnō diurnīs
Vocative diurnum diurna

Descendants

  • Italo-Romance:
    • Corsican: ghjornu
    • Italian: giorno
    • Neapolitan: juorno
    • Sicilian: jornu
  • Padanian:
  • Gallo-Romance:
    • Catalan: jorn
    • Franco-Provençal: jorn
    • Old French: jor (see there for further descendants)
    • Old Occitan: jorn

Adjective

diurnum

  1. inflection of diurnus:
    1. masculine accusative singular
    2. neuter nominative/accusative/vocative singular

References

  1. Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “diurnum”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 3: D–F, page 105
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