пітьма

From тьма (tʹma), from Proto-Slavic *tьma. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

• IPA^(key): [pʲitʲˈma]

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пітьма́ • (pitʹmá) f inan (genitive пітьми́, uncountable)

1. (literally) darkness, dark, murk, obscurity (absence of light; a dark or gloomy environment)
2. (figuratively) darkness (lack of knowledge or enlightenment)

• (all senses): темно́та́ f (temnótá), те́мрява f (témrjava), тьма f (tʹma)
• (dark or gloomy environment): мо́рок m (mórok)
• (lack of knowledge): неосві́ченість f (neosvíčenistʹ)

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “пітьма”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2022), “пітьма”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 13 (підку́са – покі́рно), Kyiv: Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “пітьма”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “пітьма”, in English–Ukrainian Dictionaries
• “пітьма”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)
• “пітьма”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
• “пітьма”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua] (in Ukrainian)