померкнуть

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Russian

Etymology

по- (po-) +‎ ме́ркнуть (mérknutʹ)

Pronunciation

Verb

поме́ркнуть (pomérknutʹpf (imperfective ме́ркнуть)

  1. to grow dark/dim
    • 1915, Владимир Маяковский [Vladimir Mayakovsky], chapter 2, in Облако в штанах; English translation from A Cloud in Trousers, London: Enitharmon Press, 2015:
      Плева́ть, что нет
      у Гоме́ров и Ови́диев
      люде́й, как мы;
      от ко́поти в о́спе.
      Я зна́ю —
      со́лнце поме́ркло б, уви́дев
      на́ших душ золоты́е ро́ссыпи!
      Plevátʹ, što net
      u Gomérov i Ovídijev
      ljudéj, kak my;
      ot kópoti v óspe.
      Ja znáju —
      sólnce pomérklo b, uvídev
      nášix duš zolotýje róssypi!
      Who gives a damn that
      Homer or Ovid
      Have no characters like us,
      Spotted with soot.

      I know –
      The Sun would grow dim, if it saw
      The gold-mines in our souls!
  2. to fade, to wane
    его́ сла́ва поме́рклаjevó sláva pomérklahis fame dwindled
  3. to pale (before)

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