темнота

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Russian

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Noun

темнота́ (temnotáf inan (genitive темноты́, uncountable)

  1. dark, darkness (a complete or (more often) partial absence of light)
    Synonyms: тьма f (tʹma), те́мень f (témenʹ), потёмки f (potjómki), мгла f (mgla), мрак m (mrak)
  2. ignorance, backwardness
    Synonym: тьма f (tʹma)
  3. obscurity
    Synonyms: тьма f (tʹma), потёмки f (potjómki)

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Ukrainian

Etymology

From те́мний (témnyj) +‎ -о́та́ (-ótá).

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Noun

темнота́ or темно́та (temnotá or temnótaf inan (genitive темноти́ or темно́ти, uncountable)

  1. dark, darkness, obscurity (absence of light)
    Synonym: те́мрява f (témrjava)
  2. (figurative) darkness (ignorance)
    Synonyms: те́мрява f (témrjava), безгра́мотність f (bezhrámotnistʹ), відста́лість f (vidstálistʹ), неві́гластво n (nevíhlastvo), некульту́рність f (nekulʹtúrnistʹ), неосві́ченість f (neosvíčenistʹ), не́уцтво n (néuctvo)
  3. (derogatory) benighted one, ignoramus
    Synonyms: неві́глас m (nevíhlas), не́ук m (néuk)
  4. (obsolete) Synonym of сліпота́ f (slipotá, blindness)

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