Mari-English Dictionary

шемемда•ш (-ем)

1. to blacken, to make black, to paint black, to dye black

♦ шинчаву•ным шемемда•ш (-ем) {verb II} to blacken one's brows, to blacken one's eyelashes

2. to make something dirty, to get something dirty, to soil

♢ ош тувыре•тым ит шеме•мде {sentence} don't get your white shirt dirty

3. {figuratively} to blacken, to slander, to denigrate, to smear

♢ ик поли•тик ве•сым сайлыма•ш деч о•нчыч шемемде•н {sentence} one politician smeared the other before the election

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Last update: 10 August 2023

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