цёмны

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Belarusian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic тьмьнъ (tĭmĭnŭ), from Proto-Slavic *tьmь̀nъ / *tь̏mьnъ. Cognate with Russian тёмный (tjómnyj) and Ukrainian те́мний (témnyj).

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -omnɨ
  • Hyphenation: цём‧ны

Adjective

цёмны (cjómny)

  1. dark (deprived of light, illumination)
  2. dark (which is close to black in color)
    Antonym: све́тлы (svjétly)
  3. (figuratively) gloomy, sullen, unhappy
    Synonyms: невясёлы (njevjasjóly), змро́чны (zmróčny), пану́ры (panúry)
  4. (figuratively) dark (which does not correspond to morality, the norms of behavior established by society)
  5. (figuratively) backward, illiterate, uncultured
    Synonyms: адста́лы (adstály), непісьме́нны (njepisʹmjénny), некульту́рны (njekulʹtúrny)
  6. (figuratively) incomprehensible, unclear
    Synonyms: няя́сны (njajásny), незразуме́лы (njezrazumjély)
  7. (obsolete, nominalized, feminine) cell (a room for prisoners)
    Synonym: ка́рцэр (kárcer)

Declension

References

  • цёмны”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)
  • цёмны” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org