затьмарити

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Ukrainian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

The result of contamination between затьми́ти (zatʹmýty) and захма́рити (zaxmáryty).[1] By surface analysis, за- (za-) +‎ тьма́рити (tʹmáryty).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [zɐtʲˈmarete]
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Verb[edit]

затьма́рити (zatʹmárytypf (imperfective затьма́рювати) (transitive)

  1. (literally) to darken, to obscure, to overcast, to obfuscate (to make dark or darker by reducing light)
    Synonym: затемни́ти pf (zatemnýty)
  2. (figuratively) to eclipse, to overshadow, to put in the shade
  3. (figuratively) to cloud, to obscure, to becloud (make less clear)
  4. (figuratively) to cloud (to make less acute or perceptive: judgement, mind, vision, etc.)
  5. (figuratively) to cast a pall over, to cloud, to becloud (to make gloomy)

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1985), “затьмарити”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volumes 2 (Д – Копці), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 243

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