цемра
Belarusian
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈt͡sʲemra]
- Rhymes: -emra
- Hyphenation: цем‧ра
Noun
це́мра • (cjémra) f inan (genitive це́мры, nominative plural це́мры, genitive plural цемр)
- darkness (lack of light)
- Цемра апанавала неба, як толькі зайшло сонца. ― Cjemra apanavala njeba, jak tólʹki zajšló sónca. ― Darkness took over the sky as soon as the sun went down.
- (figuratively) cultural backwardness, ignorance
- Ваша цемра нікуды не прывядзе. ― Vaša cjemra nikudy nje pryvjadzje. ― Your ignorance will get you nowhere.
- (figuratively) darkness (the personification of evil)
- Ён чалавек цемры. ― Jon čalavjek cjemry. ― He is a man of darkness.
Declension
Declension of це́мра (inan hard fem-form accent-a)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | це́мра cjémra |
це́мры cjémry |
| genitive | це́мры cjémry |
цемр cjemr |
| dative | це́мры cjémry |
це́мрам cjémram |
| accusative | це́мру cjémru |
це́мры cjémry |
| instrumental | це́мрай, це́мраю cjémraj, cjémraju |
це́мрамі cjémrami |
| locative | це́мры cjémry |
це́мрах cjémrax |
| count form | — | це́мры1 cjémry1 |
1Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.
References
- “цемра”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)
- “цемра” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org