потёмки

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Noun

потёмки • (potjómki) f inan pl (genitive потёмок, plural only)

  1. darkness
    Synonyms: тьма f (tʹma), темнота́ f (temnotá), те́мень f (témenʹ), мгла f (mgla), мрак m (mrak)
    в потёмках ― v potjómkax ― in the dark
    чужа́я душа́ — потёмки ― čužája dušá — potjómki ― the human heart is a mystery
    • 1790, Александр Радищев, “Спасская Полесть”, in Путешествие из Петербурга в Москву; English translation from Leo Wiener, transl., A Journey From St. Petersburg to Moscow, Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1958:
      Хозяин уже ложился спать, и в избе было темно. Но я и в потёмках выпросил позволение обсушиться.
      Xozjain uže ložilsja spatʹ, i v izbe bylo temno. No ja i v potjómkax vyprosil pozvolenije obsušitʹsja.
      The proprietor had already gone to bed, and it was dark in the hut. But even in the darkness I obtained permission to dry myself.

Declension

Declension of потёмки (inan pl-only fem-form velar-stem accent-a reduc) 
plural
nominative потёмки
potjómki
genitive потёмок
potjómok
dative потёмкам
potjómkam
accusative потёмки
potjómki
instrumental потёмками
potjómkami
prepositional потёмках
potjómkax
Pre-reform declension of потёмки (inan pl-only fem-form velar-stem accent-a reduc) 
plural
nominative потёмки
potjómki
genitive потёмокъ
potjómok
dative потёмкамъ
potjómkam
accusative потёмки
potjómki
instrumental потёмками
potjómkami
prepositional потёмкахъ
potjómkax

Further reading

  • потёмки in Большой толковый словарь, editor-in-chief С. А. Кузнецов – hosted at gramota.ru
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