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чернила

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Russian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [t͡ɕɪrˈnʲiɫə]
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Etymology 1

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чернить (černitʹ, to blacken) +‎ -ло (-lo). Inherited from Old East Slavic чьрнило (čĭrnilo). Akin to Old Church Slavonic чрънило (črŭnilo). Compare Ancient Greek μελάνιον (melánion), Latin ātrāmentum. Also compare бели́ла (belíla).

Noun

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черни́ла (černílan inan pl (genitive черни́л, plural only, relational adjective черни́льный)

  1. ink (coloured/colored fluid used for writing)
    • 1898, Антон Чехов [Anton Chekhov], Крыжовник; English translation from S. S. Koteliansky and Gilbert Cannan, transl., Gooseberries, 1920:
      — Давно́ я уже́ не мы́лся... — повтори́л Алё́хин конфу́зливо и ещё́ раз намы́лился, и вода́ о́коло него́ ста́ла тё́мно-си́ней, как черни́ла.
      — Davnó ja užé ne mýlsja... — povtoríl Aljóxin konfúzlivo i ješčó raz namýlilsja, i vodá ókolo nevó stála tjómno-sínej, kak černíla.
      "It is a long time since I bathed," said Aliokhin shyly, as he soaped himself again, and the water round him became dark blue, like ink.
Declension
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Descendants
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  • Ingrian: cernila
  • Yakut: чэрэниилэ (cereniile)
See also
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References

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  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “чернила”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

Etymology 2

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Verb

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черни́ла (černíla)

  1. feminine singular past indicative imperfective of черни́ть (černítʹ)

Further reading

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  • чернила in Большой толковый словарь, editor-in-chief С. А. Кузнецов – hosted at gramota.ru