чернила

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Russian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [t͡ɕɪrˈnʲiɫə]
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Etymology 1

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From чёрный (čórnyj, black)

Noun

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черни́ла (černílan inan pl (genitive черни́л, plural only, relational adjective черни́льный)

  1. ink (coloured fluid used for writing)
    • 1898, Антон Чехов, Крыжовник; English translation from S. S. Koteliansky and Gilbert Cannan, transl., Gooseberries, 1920:
      — Давно я уже не мылся... — повторил Алёхин конфузливо и ещё раз намылился, и вода около него стала тёмно-синей, как чернила.
      — Davno ja uže ne mylsja... — povtoril Aljóxin konfuzlivo i ješčó raz namylilsja, i voda okolo nevo stala tjómno-sinej, kak černila.
      "It is a long time since I bathed," said Aliokhin shyly, as he soaped himself again, and the water round him became dark blue, like ink.
Declension
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Descendants
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  • Ingrian: cernila
  • Yakut: чэрэниилэ (cereniile)

Etymology 2

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Verb

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черни́ла (černíla)

  1. feminine singular past indicative imperfective of черни́ть (černítʹ)

Further reading

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  • чернила in Большой толковый словарь, editor-in-chief С. А. Кузнецов – hosted at gramota.ru