мрак

Russian

noun+
Definitions
  • shadow, darkness
  • (genitive) gloom (of), cheerlessness (of)
  • (predicate; interjection) it's a nightmare, it's appalling/dreadful
  • (poetic) despair

Etymology

Borrowed from Church Slavic, Church Slavonic, Old Church Slavonic, Old Slavonic, Old Bulgarian мракъ.

Origin

Old Church Slavonic

мракъ

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