zaciemnić
Polish
editEtymology
editInherited from Old Polish zacimnić. By surface analysis, za- + ciemny + -ić.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editzaciemnić pf (imperfective zaciemniać)
- (transitive) to dim (to cause something, e.g. a lamp, to give off less light) [with instrumental ‘with what’]
- Synonym: zasłonić
- (transitive) to darken, to obfuscate (to block light from entering e.g. a room)
- (transitive) to darken (to cause to take a darker color)
- Antonym: rozjaśnić
- (transitive) to darken, to obfuscate (to cause to be less clear or understandable)
- Antonyms: naświetlić, rozświetlić, wyjaśnić
- (transitive) to muddy (to cause someone to stop thinking rationally) [with dative ‘whom, whose thinking’]
- (reflexive with się) to darken (to take on a darker color)
Conjugation
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Further reading
edit- zaciemnić in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- zaciemnić się in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- zaciemnić in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “zaciemnić”, in Słownik języka polskiego
- Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “zaciemnić”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
- J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1927), “zaciemnić”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 8, Warsaw, page 48
- zaciemnić in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego
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- Rhymes:Polish/ɛmɲit͡ɕ
- Rhymes:Polish/ɛmɲit͡ɕ/3 syllables
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