to darken, make gloomy
çekim: geçmiş assombri · ortaç assombri · şimdiki assombrit · ulaç assombrissant
eş: rembrunir
köken: From sombre.
to dim
çekim: geçmiş dimeé · ortaç dimeado · şimdiki dimea
to lower · to press down (on a pedal) · to dim (a light)
çekim: geçmiş abbassàto · ortaç abbassàto · şimdiki abbàssa · ulaç abbassànte
eş: attenuare, attutire, calare, chinare, contrarre, diminuire
zıt: alzare
köken: From a- + basso (“low”) + -are.
aile: abbassabile, abbassamento, abbassata, abbassatoio, abbassatura
to darken, to black out · to obscure
çekim: geçmiş затемня́вший · ortaç затемня́вший · şimdiki затемня́ет · ulaç затемня́ющий
köken: затемни́ть (zatemnítʹ) + -я́ть (-játʹ)
to blacken, darken; to become black or dark
çekim: geçmiş qaralmış · ortaç qaralmış · şimdiki qaralır
köken: Morphologically qara (“black”) + -l + -maq. Compare Turkish kararmak and Crimean Tatar qararmaq.
aile: qaraltmaq, qanı qaralmaq
to dim, to make darker (especially a light) · to tone down oneself, to pipe down, to be quiet
çekim: geçmiş dimden · ortaç gedimd · şimdiki dimt · ulaç dimmend
eş: temperen
köken: Borrowed from English dim.
aile: dimmer
🔊 Effe dimmen, vriend.
to blacken (to make black) · to blacken (to become black)
çekim: geçmiş enegreci · ortaç enegrecido · şimdiki enegrece
köken: From e- + negro (“black”) + -ecer. Compare Spanish ennegrecer, Catalan ennegrir.
dim, indistinct, hazy, vague · slim, slight, faint
çekim: karşılaştırma αμυδρότερος · üstünlük αμυδρότερος
eş: αχνός, δυσδιάκριτος, θαμπός
zıt: ευδιάκριτος, ξεκάθαρος
köken: From Ancient Greek ἀμυδρός (amudrós).
🔊 μια αμυδρή ελπίδα
not distinct, inarticulate
köken: Compound of 不(ふ) (fu-, “un-”) + 明(めい)瞭(りょう) (meiryō, “clear”)
🔊 彼の行動の目的は不明瞭だ。
dark (having an absolute or relative lack of light) · dark (of colors) · deep and dull (of a voice or the like)
çekim: karşılaştırma mörkare · üstünlük mörkast
köken: From Old Swedish myrker, mørker, from Old Norse myrkr, from Proto-Germanic *merkuz. Cognate with English murk.
aile: beckmörk, halvmörk, kolmörk, mörkbetsad, mörkblond, mörkblå, mörkbrun, mörkfärgad, mörkgrå, mörkgrön
somewhat dark, darkish, dim (not well lit) · somewhat dark, darkish, dull (deeper in hue)
köken: Etymology tree Polish ciemny Proto-Slavic *-avъ Old Polish -awy Polish -awy Polish ciemnawy From ciemny + -awy.
to entangle, to ravel, to tangle · to complicate, to muddle, to obfuscate · to embroil, to enmesh, to entangle
çekim: geçmiş заплу́туваний · şimdiki заплу́тує
köken: From заплу́тати (zaplútaty) + -увати (-uvaty). Compare Russian запу́тывать (zapútyvatʹ), Belarusian заблы́тваць (zablýtvacʹ), Polish zaplątywać.
aile: заплу́туватися
dim, hazy, foggy, obscured
köken: Inherited from Sanskrit *धूमान्ध (*dhūmāndha, “dim-sighted”), from धूम (dhūma, “smoke, mist”) + अन्ध (andha, “blind”) (compare attested धूमाक्ष (dhūmākṣa, “dim-eyed”)). Compare Punjabi ਧੁੰਦਲਾ (dhundlā) and Gujarati ધૂંધળું (dhū̃dhaḷũ).
🔊 इस सड़क पे मैं गाड़ी नहीं चला सकती हूँ क्योंकि रास्ता धुंधला है।
dim, dusky, shadowy, dark, gloomy · dim, indistinct, obscure(d) · dim, vague, obscure, mysterious, unknown
çekim: karşılaştırma hämärämpi · üstünlük hämärin
köken: From Proto-Finnic *hämärä, derived from a root hämä-, which may be possibly borrowed from Proto-Germanic [Term?] (compare Icelandic sámur). Related to Estonian hämar, Karelian hämärä, Livonian ämār, Veps hämär and Votic hämäre.
🔊 jäädä hämärän peittoon
🔊 olla hämärän peitossa
insipid (unappetizingly flavorless)
çekim: karşılaştırma mdlejší · üstünlük nejmdlejší
köken: Inherited from Old Czech mdlý, from Proto-Slavic *mъdьlь of uncertain origin, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂w- (“weak, dim”). First attested in the 14th century.
to confuse (mix up)
çekim: geçmiş confundat · ortaç confundat · şimdiki confundă
köken: Borrowed from French confondre, Latin cōnfundere, and adapted in conjugation to înfunda, cufunda.
uncertain, unsure, dubious · irresolute
çekim: karşılaştırma bizonytalanabb · üstünlük legbizonytalanabb
zıt: bizonyos, biztos, határozott, eltökélt, elszánt
köken: From bizony + -talan (“un-, without”, privative adjective-forming suffix).
aile: elbizonytalanít, bizonytalankodik, bizonytalanság, bizonytalanul
to confuse, to bewilder, to perplex · to throw off balance, to confound
çekim: geçmiş בילבלת
köken: Compare Arabic بَلْبَلَ (balbala).
uncertain, doubtful, obscure
köken: Of uncertain origin; proposed derivations include: * From a Proto-Indo-European root common to Albanian ngrys (“to have dinner, to darken”, verb). * From a root common to Ancient Greek κνέφας (knéphas, “darkness”). * From a root common to Ancient Greek κρύπτω (krúptō, “to hide”) or Lithuanian krópti (“to steal”).
aile: creperum, crepusculum
dim, vague, unclear, blurred
aile: gà mờ, lờ mờ, mờ ảo, mờ mịt, mờ nhạt, mờ sương, tờ mờ
darkness, dimness (lack of light)
köken: Inherited from Proto-Slavic *morkъ.
aile: мрача́, мрача́сам, помрача́вам, смрача́вам се, мракота́, полумра́к, примра́к, сумра́к, мракобе́с, мракобе́сие
dim, faint, wan (weak; proudicing only dim, faint light) · dull (not transparent, not clear) · dull, lackluster (not shiny, not emitting or reflecting (much) light; pale, whitish)
çekim: karşılaştırma blāvāks · üstünlük visblāvākais
zıt: gaišs, spīdīgs, spilgts, spožs, spulgs, dzidrs
köken: * From Proto-Baltic *blāwas, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰlew-, *bʰlēw-, *bʰlāw-, from the zero grade of *bʰel- (“shiny, white”) (whence also Latvian balts (“white”)) with an extra -w. * Some researchers consider blāvs a borrowing from Middle Low German blā, blāw, from Old Saxon blāo (and likewise Lithuanian blãvas a borrowing from Latvian). Cognates include Lithuanian blãvas (“pale”), blausùs…
aile: blāvums
🔊 blāva spuldze
🔊 blāvs mēness
🔊 blāva gaisma
cloudy, dim, gloomy, unclear.
köken: Cognate with Lao ມົວ (mūa), Northern Thai ᨾᩫ᩠ᩅ, Khün ᨾᩫ᩠ᩅ, Lü ᦷᦙ (mo), Shan မူဝ်း (mó).