помрачить

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic помрачити (pomračiti). By surface analysis, по- (po-) +‎ мрачи́ть (mračítʹ). Doublet of поморо́чить (pomoróčitʹ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [pəmrɐˈt͡ɕitʲ]

Verb

помрачи́ть • (pomračítʹpf (imperfective помрача́ть)

  1. (dated) to darken, to cover with gloom
  2. (figurative) to obscure
  3. (figurative, dated) to outshine, to surpass, to overshadow
  4. (figurative) to make sad, to sadden

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • помрача́ться impf (pomračátʹsja), помрачи́ться pf (pomračítʹsja)
  • помраче́ние (pomračénije)