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Russian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From чёрный (čórnyj, “black”)
Noun
черни́ла • (černíla) n inan pl (genitive черни́л, plural only, relational adjective черни́льный)
- ink (coloured/colored fluid used for writing)
1898, Антон Чехов [Anton Chekhov], Крыжовник; English translation from S. S. Koteliansky and Gilbert Cannan, transl., Gooseberries, 1920:— Давно́ я уже́ не мы́лся... — повтори́л Алё́хин конфу́зливо и ещё́ раз намы́лился, и вода́ о́коло него́ ста́ла тё́мно-си́ней, как черни́ла.- — Davnó ja užé ne mýlsja... — povtoríl Aljóxin konfúzlivo i ješčó raz namýlilsja, i vodá ókolo nevó stála tjómno-sínej, kak černíla.
- "It is a long time since I bathed," said Aliokhin shyly, as he soaped himself again, and the water round him became dark blue, like ink.
Declension
Descendants
Etymology 2
Verb
черни́ла • (černíla)
- feminine singular past indicative imperfective of черни́ть (černítʹ)
Further reading
- чернила in Большой толковый словарь, editor-in-chief С. А. Кузнецов – hosted at gramota.ru