чернить

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Russian

Etymology

чёрный (čórnyj, black) +‎ -ить (-itʹ)

Pronunciation

Verb

черни́ть (černítʹimpf (perfective зачерни́ть or начерни́ть or почерни́ть or очерни́ть)

  1. to blacken
    Perfectives: зачерни́ть (začernítʹ), начерни́ть (načernítʹ), почерни́ть (počernítʹ)
    • 1879, Николай Лесков , “Глава восьмая”, in Однодум; English translation from Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky, transl., Singlemind, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2013:
      В э́ти же дни в дома́х черни́ли пара́дные сапоги́, бели́ли рету́зы и приготовля́ли слежа́вшиеся и пото́ченные мо́лью мунди́ры.
      V éti že dni v domáx černíli parádnyje sapogí, belíli retúzy i prigotovljáli sležávšijesja i potóčennyje mólʹju mundíry.
      At home during those same days dress boots were blackened, breeches were whitened, and long-folded-away, moth-eaten tunics were spruced up.
  2. to slander, to smear
    Synonym: очерня́ть (očernjátʹ)
    черни́ть чью́-либо репута́циюčernítʹ čʹjú-libo reputácijuto blacken/soil someone's reputation
    Perfective: очерни́ть (očernítʹ)

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