потёмки
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[edit]Noun
[edit]потёмки • (potjómki) f inan pl (genitive потёмок, plural only)
- darkness
- Synonyms: тьма f (tʹma), темнота́ f (temnotá), те́мень f (témenʹ), мгла f (mgla), мрак m (mrak)
- в потёмках ― v potjómkax ― in the dark
- чужа́я душа́ — потёмки ― čužája dušá — potjómki ― the human heart is a mystery
- 1790, Александр Радищев, “Спасская Полесть”, in Путешествие из Петербурга в Москву; English translation from Leo Wiener, transl., A Journey From St. Petersburg to Moscow, Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1958:
- Хозяин уже ложился спать, и в избе было темно. Но я и в потёмках выпросил позволение обсушиться.
- Xozjain uže ložilsja spatʹ, i v izbe bylo temno. No ja i v potjómkax vyprosil pozvolenije obsušitʹsja.
- The proprietor had already gone to bed, and it was dark in the hut. But even in the darkness I obtained permission to dry myself.
Declension
[edit]Declension of потёмки (inan pl-only fem-form velar-stem accent-a reduc)
Pre-reform declension of потёмки (inan pl-only fem-form velar-stem accent-a reduc)
Related terms
[edit]- Потёмкин (Potjómkin)
Further reading
[edit]- потёмки in Большой толковый словарь, editor-in-chief С. А. Кузнецов – hosted at gramota.ru
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