меркти

Ukrainian

Alternative forms

• ме́ркнути (mérknuty)

Etymology

From earlier ме́ркнути (mérknuty), with the infinitive probably formed by analogy with past tense forms: ме́ркнути → мерк, ме́ркла + -ти (-ty) → ме́ркти.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɛrkte]

Verb

ме́ркти • (mérkty) impf (intransitive, impersonal)

1. to dim, to fade, to go out
2. (uncommon) to get/grow dark
3. (figuratively) to fade (of eyes, look)
4. (figuratively) to fade, to diminish, to vanish
5. to fade, to lose significance, to pale in comparison with

Conjugation

Conjugation of ме́ркти (class 3°a, imperfective, intransitive)

For declension of participles, see their entries. Adverbial participles are indeclinable.

imperfective aspect
infinitive	ме́ркти mérkty
participles	present tense	past tense
active	—	—
passive	—	—
adverbial	ме́ркнучи mérknučy	ме́ркши mérkšy
	present tense	future tense
1st singular я	—	—
2nd singular ти	—	—
3rd singular він / вона / воно	ме́ркне mérkne	бу́де ме́ркти, ме́рктиме búde mérkty, mérktyme
1st plural ми	—	—
2nd plural ви	—	—
3rd plural вони	ме́ркнуть mérknutʹ	бу́дуть ме́ркти, ме́рктимуть búdutʹ mérkty, mérktymutʹ
imperative	singular	plural
first-person	—	—
second-person	—	—
past tense	singular	plural ми / ви / вони
masculine я / ти / він	мерк merk	ме́ркли mérkly
feminine я / ти / вона	ме́ркла mérkla
neuter воно	ме́ркло mérklo

Derived terms

Prefixed verbs

• зме́ркти pf (zmérkty)
• поме́ркти pf (pomérkty)
• приме́ркти pf (prymérkty), примерка́ти impf (prymerkáty)

 

Related terms

• мо́рок m (mórok)
• моро́ка f (moróka)
• су́мерк m (súmerk)

 

Further reading

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “меркти”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2010–2023), “меркти”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1–14 (а – префере́нція), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka; Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
• “меркти”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)
• “меркти”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua] (in Ukrainian)