цёмны

Belarusian

Alternative forms

• ciomny — Łacinka (Belarusian Latin alphabet)

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic тьмьнъ (tĭmĭnŭ), from Proto-Slavic *tьmь̀nъ / *tь̏mьnъ. Cognate with Russian тёмный (tjómnyj) and Ukrainian те́мний (témnyj).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡sʲomnɨ]

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• Rhymes: -omnɨ
• Hyphenation: цём‧ны

Adjective

цёмны • (cjómny)

1. dark (deprived of light, illumination)
2. dark (which is close to black in color)

   Antonym: све́тлы (svjétly)

3. (figuratively) gloomy, sullen, unhappy

   Synonyms: невясёлы (njevjasjóly), змро́чны (zmróčny), пану́ры (panúry)

4. (figuratively) dark (which does not correspond to morality, the norms of behavior established by society)
5. (figuratively) backward, illiterate, uncultured

   Synonyms: адста́лы (adstály), непісьме́нны (njepisʹmjénny), некульту́рны (njekulʹtúrny)

6. (figuratively) incomprehensible, unclear

   Synonyms: няя́сны (njajásny), незразуме́лы (njezrazumjély)

7. (obsolete, nominalized, feminine) cell (a room for prisoners)

   Synonym: ка́рцэр (kárcer)

Declension

Declension of цёмны (hard)

		masculine	neuter	feminine	plural
nominative		цёмны cjómny	цёмнае cjómnaje	цёмная cjómnaja	цёмныя cjómnyja
genitive		цёмнага cjómnaha		цёмнай cjómnaj	цёмных cjómnyx
dative		цёмнаму cjómnamu		цёмнай cjómnaj	цёмным cjómnym
accusative	animate	цёмнага cjómnaha	цёмнае cjómnaje	цёмную cjómnuju	цёмных cjómnyx
	inanimate	цёмны cjómny			цёмныя cjómnyja
instrumental		цёмным cjómnym		цёмнай, цёмнаю cjómnaj, cjómnaju	цёмнымі cjómnymi
locative		цёмным cjómnym		цёмнай cjómnaj	цёмных cjómnyx

References

• “цёмны”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)
• “цёмны” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org