czerń
Polish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Back-formation from czarny.
Noun edit
czerń f
- black (color)
- dark (a complete or (more often) partial absence of light)
- Synonym: ciemność
- (collective, historical) 17th century term for peasants living in Ukraine
- (derogatory, collective) in reference to lower social strata: commoners, riffraff
Declension edit
Declension of czerń
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
czerń
- second-person singular imperative of czernić
- Synonym: czernij