цьма

Belarusian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old Ruthenian тьма (tʹma), from Old East Slavic тьма (tĭma), from Proto-Slavic *tьma, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *timāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *temH-. Compare Czech tma, Polish ćma, Russian, Ukrainian тьма (tʹma).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [t͡sʲma]
  • Hyphenation: ць‧ма

Noun

цьма • (cʹma) f inan (genitive цьмы, uncountable)

  1. darkness
    Synonyms: цемната́ (cjemnatá), цямно́та (cjamnóta), це́мень (cjémjenʹ), по́цемкі (pócjemki), мо́рак (mórak), це́мра (cjémra)
    Antonym: свет (svjet)
    Наво́кала бе́злюдзь і цьма, І то́лькі кігі́каюць со́вы.
    Navókala bjézljudzʹ i cʹma, I tólʹki kihíkajucʹ sóvy.
    All around is desolation and darkness, and only owls are hooting.

Declension
Declension of цьма (inan sg-only hard fem-form accent-d)
singular
nominative цьма
cʹma
genitive цьмы
cʹmy
dative цьме
cʹmje
accusative цьму
cʹmu
instrumental цьмой, цьмо́ю
cʹmoj, cʹmóju
locative цьме
cʹmje

References
  • “цьма” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org
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