сумерки
Russian
Etymology
Related to Old East Slavic суморокъ (sumorokŭ), with vocalism change; ultimately from Proto-Slavic *sǫmorkъ. See also су́мрак (súmrak).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈsumʲɪrkʲɪ]
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Noun
су́мерки • (súmerki) f inan pl (genitive су́мерек, plural only, relational adjective су́меречный)
- dusk, twilight
- 1905, Александр Куприн [Aleksandr I. Kuprin], chapter III, in Поединок; English translation from Josh Billings, transl., The Duel, New York: Melville House Publishing, 2011:
- За окно́м мя́гко га́сли гру́стные и не́жные зеленова́тые апре́льские су́мерки.
- Za oknóm mjáxko gásli grústnyje i néžnyje zelenovátyje aprélʹskije súmerki.
- Outside the window a melancholy and delicately green dusk was extinguishing itself mildly.
Declension
Declension of су́мерки (inan pl-only fem-form velar-stem accent-a reduc irreg)
| plural | |
|---|---|
| nominative | су́мерки súmerki |
| genitive | су́мерек△ súmerek△ |
| dative | су́меркам súmerkam |
| accusative | су́мерки súmerki |
| instrumental | су́мерками súmerkami |
| prepositional | су́мерках súmerkax |
△ Irregular.
References
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “сумерки”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
Further reading
- Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882) “сумерки”, in Толковый Словарь живаго великорускаго языка [Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Publication of the bookseller-typographer Wolf, M. O.
- See: Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882) “смеркаться”, in Толковый Словарь живаго великорускаго языка [Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Publication of the bookseller-typographer Wolf, M. O.