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Russian
Etymology
Related to Old East Slavic суморокъ (sumorokŭ), with vocalism change; ultimately from Proto-Slavic *sǫmorkъ. See also су́мрак (súmrak).
Pronunciation
Noun
су́мерки • (súmerki) f inan pl (genitive су́мерек, plural only, relational adjective су́меречный)
- dusk, twilight
1905, Александр Куприн [Aleksandr I. Kuprin], chapter III, in Поединок; English translation from Josh Billings, transl., The Duel, New York: Melville House Publishing, 2011:За окно́м мя́гко га́сли гру́стные и не́жные зеленова́тые апре́льские су́мерки.- Za oknóm mjáxko gásli grústnyje i néžnyje zelenovátyje aprélʹskije súmerki.
- Outside the window a melancholy and delicately green dusk was extinguishing itself mildly.
Declension
References
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “сумерки”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress