nounfeminine#4,024 by frequency
темнота́
[tʲɪmnɐˈta]temnota
dark, darkness; ignorance, backwardness; obscurity
- genitive
- темноты́
Meanings
- 1
dark, darkness — a complete or (more often) partial absence of light
Кошки хорошо видят в темноте.
Cats see well in the dark.
Tatoeba · marafon · CC BY 2.0 FR
Я с детства боюсь темноты.
I've been afraid of the dark since I was a kid.
Tatoeba · marafon · CC BY 2.0 FR
- 2
ignorance, backwardness
- 3
obscurity
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | темнота́ | — |
| genitive | темноты́ | — |
| dative | темноте́ | — |
| accusative | темноту́ | = nom. or gen. |
| instrumental | темното́й | — |
| prepositional | темноте́ | — |
Forms in lighter type fill cells the dictionary lists once under another case; where animacy is unknown, the accusative is shown as the two cases it can equal.