"меркнуть" meaning in Russian

See меркнуть in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: [ˈmʲerknʊtʲ]
Etymology: Inherited from Old East Slavic мьркнути (mĭrknuti), from Proto-Slavic *mь̀rknǫti. Cognate to морок (morok), мрак (mrak), мерца́ть (mercátʹ). Etymology templates: {{root|ru|ine-pro|*merHk-}}, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|ru|orv|мьркнути|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old East Slavic мьркнути (mĭrknuti), {{inh+|ru|orv|мьркнути}} Inherited from Old East Slavic мьркнути (mĭrknuti), {{inh|ru|sla-pro|*mь̀rknǫti}} Proto-Slavic *mь̀rknǫti Head templates: {{ru-verb|ме́ркнуть|impf|pf=поме́ркнуть}} ме́ркнуть • (mérknutʹ) impf (perfective поме́ркнуть) Inflection templates: {{ru-conj|impf-intr|3°a􂀿(5)􂁀(6)|ме́ркнуть}} Forms: ме́ркнуть [canonical], mérknutʹ [romanization], поме́ркнуть [perfective], imperfective intransitive [table-tags], ме́ркнуть [imperfective, infinitive], ме́ркнущий [active, participle, present], ме́ркнувший [active, participle, past], - [participle, passive, present], - [participle, passive, past], - [adverbial, participle, present], ме́ркнув [adverbial, participle, past], ме́ркнувши [adverbial, participle, past], ме́ркну [first-person, present, singular], бу́ду ме́ркнуть [first-person, future, singular], ме́ркнешь [present, second-person, singular], бу́дешь ме́ркнуть [future, second-person, singular], ме́ркнет [present, singular, third-person], бу́дет ме́ркнуть [future, singular, third-person], ме́ркнем [first-person, plural, present], бу́дем ме́ркнуть [first-person, future, plural], ме́ркнете [plural, present, second-person], бу́дете ме́ркнуть [future, plural, second-person], ме́ркнут [plural, present, third-person], бу́дут ме́ркнуть [future, plural, third-person], ме́ркни [imperative, singular], ме́ркните [imperative, plural], ме́рк [masculine, past, singular], ме́ркнул [masculine, past, singular], ме́ркли [masculine, past, plural], ме́ркла [feminine, past, singular], ме́ркли [feminine, past, plural], ме́ркло [neuter, past, singular], ме́ркли [neuter, past, plural]
  1. to grow dark/dim
    Sense id: en-меркнуть-ru-verb-HG776-Nw Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 28 36 36 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 29 36 36
  2. to fade, to wane
    Sense id: en-меркнуть-ru-verb-3vAQMrxa Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Russian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 28 36 36 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 29 36 36 Disambiguation of Russian entries with incorrect language header: 23 45 32
  3. to pale (before)
    Sense id: en-меркнуть-ru-verb-yJz57l-G Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Light Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 28 36 36 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 29 36 36 Disambiguation of Light: 0 10 90
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: поме́ркнуть (pomérknutʹ) Related terms: смерка́ться (smerkátʹsja), су́мерки (súmerki)
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      "form": "ме́ркнуть",
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      "form": "mérknutʹ",
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      "form": "ме́ркнувши",
      "roman": "mérknuvši",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "participle",
        "past"
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    },
    {
      "form": "ме́ркну",
      "roman": "mérknu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "бу́ду ме́ркнуть",
      "roman": "búdu mérknutʹ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "ме́ркнешь",
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      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "бу́дешь ме́ркнуть",
      "roman": "búdešʹ mérknutʹ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "ме́ркнет",
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "third-person"
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      "form": "бу́дет ме́ркнуть",
      "roman": "búdet mérknutʹ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "ме́ркнем",
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "бу́дем ме́ркнуть",
      "roman": "búdem mérknutʹ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ме́ркнете",
      "roman": "mérknete",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "present",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "бу́дете ме́ркнуть",
      "roman": "búdete mérknutʹ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
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      "form": "ме́ркнут",
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        "present",
        "third-person"
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      "form": "бу́дут ме́ркнуть",
      "roman": "búdut mérknutʹ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "ме́ркни",
      "roman": "mérkni",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ме́ркните",
      "roman": "mérknite",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ме́рк",
      "roman": "mérk",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ме́ркнул",
      "roman": "mérknul",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ме́ркли",
      "roman": "mérkli",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ме́ркла",
      "roman": "mérkla",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "ме́ркли",
      "roman": "mérkli",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "past",
        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "ме́ркло",
      "roman": "mérklo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ме́ркли",
      "roman": "mérkli",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "past",
        "plural"
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  "lang_code": "ru",
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "smerkátʹsja",
      "word": "смерка́ться"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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      "categories": [
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          "_dis": "28 36 36",
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        {
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      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
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              206,
              217
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              211,
              220
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          ],
          "english": "And the light by which she had read the book filled with troubles, falsehoods, sorrow, and evil, flared up more brightly than ever before, lighted up for her all that had been in darkness, flickered, began to grow dim, and was quenched forever.",
          "ref": "1877, Лев Толстой [Leo Tolstoy], “Часть VII. Глава XXXI”, in Анна Каренина; English translation from Constance Garnett, transl., Anna Karenina, 1901:",
          "roman": "I svečá, pri kotóroj oná čitála ispólnennuju trevóg, obmánov, górja i zla knígu, vspýxnula bóleje járkim, čem kogdá-nibudʹ, svétom, osvetíla jej vsjo to, što préžde býlo vo mráke, zatreščála, stála mérknutʹ i navsegdá potúxla.",
          "text": "И свеча́, при кото́рой она́ чита́ла испо́лненную трево́г, обма́нов, го́ря и зла кни́гу, вспы́хнула бо́лее я́рким, чем когда́-нибудь, све́том, освети́ла ей всё то, что пре́жде бы́ло во мра́ке, затреща́ла, ста́ла ме́ркнуть и навсегда́ поту́хла.",
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      "glosses": [
        "to grow dark/dim"
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          "dim",
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          "english": "his fame dwindled",
          "roman": "jevó sláva pomérkla",
          "text": "его́ сла́ва поме́ркла",
          "type": "example"
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        "to fade, to wane"
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  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "[ˈmʲerknʊtʲ]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "меркнуть"
}
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      "form": "ме́ркнуть",
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      "form": "-",
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      "form": "ме́ркнув",
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        "participle",
        "past"
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      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial",
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ме́ркну",
      "roman": "mérknu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "бу́ду ме́ркнуть",
      "roman": "búdu mérknutʹ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ме́ркнешь",
      "roman": "mérknešʹ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "бу́дешь ме́ркнуть",
      "roman": "búdešʹ mérknutʹ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ме́ркнет",
      "roman": "mérknet",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "бу́дет ме́ркнуть",
      "roman": "búdet mérknutʹ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ме́ркнем",
      "roman": "mérknem",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "бу́дем ме́ркнуть",
      "roman": "búdem mérknutʹ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ме́ркнете",
      "roman": "mérknete",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "бу́дете ме́ркнуть",
      "roman": "búdete mérknutʹ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ме́ркнут",
      "roman": "mérknut",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "бу́дут ме́ркнуть",
      "roman": "búdut mérknutʹ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ме́ркни",
      "roman": "mérkni",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ме́ркните",
      "roman": "mérknite",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ме́рк",
      "roman": "mérk",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ме́ркнул",
      "roman": "mérknul",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ме́ркли",
      "roman": "mérkli",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ме́ркла",
      "roman": "mérkla",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ме́ркли",
      "roman": "mérkli",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ме́ркло",
      "roman": "mérklo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ме́ркли",
      "roman": "mérkli",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ме́ркнуть",
        "2": "impf",
        "pf": "поме́ркнуть"
      },
      "expansion": "ме́ркнуть • (mérknutʹ) impf (perfective поме́ркнуть)",
      "name": "ru-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "impf-intr",
        "2": "3°a􂀿(5)􂁀(6)",
        "3": "ме́ркнуть"
      },
      "name": "ru-conj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Russian",
  "lang_code": "ru",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "roman": "smerkátʹsja",
      "word": "смерка́ться"
    },
    {
      "roman": "súmerki",
      "word": "су́мерки"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Russian terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              206,
              217
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              211,
              220
            ]
          ],
          "english": "And the light by which she had read the book filled with troubles, falsehoods, sorrow, and evil, flared up more brightly than ever before, lighted up for her all that had been in darkness, flickered, began to grow dim, and was quenched forever.",
          "ref": "1877, Лев Толстой [Leo Tolstoy], “Часть VII. Глава XXXI”, in Анна Каренина; English translation from Constance Garnett, transl., Anna Karenina, 1901:",
          "roman": "I svečá, pri kotóroj oná čitála ispólnennuju trevóg, obmánov, górja i zla knígu, vspýxnula bóleje járkim, čem kogdá-nibudʹ, svétom, osvetíla jej vsjo to, što préžde býlo vo mráke, zatreščála, stála mérknutʹ i navsegdá potúxla.",
          "text": "И свеча́, при кото́рой она́ чита́ла испо́лненную трево́г, обма́нов, го́ря и зла кни́гу, вспы́хнула бо́лее я́рким, чем когда́-нибудь, све́том, освети́ла ей всё то, что пре́жде бы́ло во мра́ке, затреща́ла, ста́ла ме́ркнуть и навсегда́ поту́хла.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to grow dark/dim"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "grow",
          "grow"
        ],
        [
          "dark",
          "dark"
        ],
        [
          "dim",
          "dim"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Russian terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "his fame dwindled",
          "roman": "jevó sláva pomérkla",
          "text": "его́ сла́ва поме́ркла",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to fade, to wane"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "fade",
          "fade"
        ],
        [
          "wane",
          "wane"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to pale (before)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "pale",
          "pale"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈmʲerknʊtʲ]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "меркнуть"
}

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