затьмарити

Ukrainian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [zɐtʲˈmarete]
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Verb

затьма́рити • (zatʹmáryty) pf (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)

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • затьма́рений (zatʹmárenyj)
  • затьма́рення n (zatʹmárennja)
  • затьма́ритися pf (zatʹmárytysja)

References

  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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