mroczny

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Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *morčьnъ.[1] By surface analysis, mrok +‎ -ny.[2][3] First attested in 1572.[4]

Pronunciation

 
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  • Rhymes: -ɔt͡ʂnɘ
  • Syllabification: mrocz‧ny

Adjective

mroczny (comparative mroczniejszy, superlative najmroczniejszy, derived adverb mrocznie or mroczno)

  1. dark, murky, gloomy (without much light)
    Antonym: jasny
    Near-synonym: ciemny
  2. dark, gloomy (that which does not dispel darkness well)
    Near-synonym: przyćmiony
  3. dark, gloomy, murky (shrouded in mystery and associated with evil or dangerousness)

Declension

References

  1. ^ Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “mroczny”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)
  2. ^ Boryś, Wiesław (2005) “mrok”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN
  3. ^ Mańczak, Witold (2017) “mrok”, in Polski słownik etymologiczny (in Polish), Kraków: Polska Akademia Umiejętności, →ISBN
  4. ^ Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “mroczny”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]

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