цмота
Pannonian Rusyn
Etymology
By surface analysis, цми (cmi) + -ота (-ota). Cognate with literary Carpathian Rusyn тмота (tmota) and dialectal Ukrainian тьмо́та (tʹmóta).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈt͡smɔta]
- Rhymes: -ɔta
- Hyphenation: цмо‧та
Noun
цмота (cmota) f
- (uncountable) the dark, darkness
- Synonyms: цемнота (cemnota), (poetic) цма (cma)
- нє видзим нїч по цмоти ― nje vidzim njič po cmoti ― I don't see anything in the dark
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | цмота (cmota) | — |
| genitive | цмоти (cmoti) | — |
| dative | цмоти (cmoti) | — |
| accusative | цмоту (cmotu) | — |
| instrumental | цмоту (cmotu) | — |
| locative | цмоти (cmoti) | — |
| vocative | цмото (cmoto) | — |
Derived terms
nouns
- полуцмота f (polucmota)
References
- Medʹeši, H., Fejsa, M., Timko-Djitko, O. (2010) “цмота”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Руско-сербски словнїк [Rusyn-Serbian Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy
- Fejsa, M., Šlemender, M., Čelʹovski, S. (2022) “darkness”, in Анґлийско-руски словнїк [English-Rusyn Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy; Ruska matka, →ISBN, page 76