нахмурить

Russian

Etymology

на- (na-) + хму́рить (xmúritʹ), from хму́ро (xmúro), short form of хму́рый (xmúryj, gloomy, dull), from Old Church Slavonic мракъ (mrakŭ), from Proto-Slavic *morkъ, from Proto-Indo-European *merg- (to flicker, dim, be dark). See also Russian нашму́рить (našmúritʹ) and Russian мрак (mrak)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [nɐxˈmurʲɪtʲ]

Verb

нахму́рить (naxmúritʹ) pf (imperfective хму́рить)

  1. to frown
    нахму́рить бро́виnaxmúritʹ bróvithe narrow the eyebrows
    Synonym: нахлобу́чить (naxlobúčitʹ)

Conjugation

References

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), нахмурить”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Trubačóv O. N., Moscow: Progress
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