Mari-English Dictionary

шемемдаш (-ем)

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

♦ шинчавуным шемемдаш (-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 тувыретым ит шемемде {sentence} don't get your white shirt dirty

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

♢ ик политик весым сайлымаш деч ончыч шемемден {sentence} one politician smeared the other before the election

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The Mari Web Project is primarily based at the Department of Finno-Ugric Studies at the University of Vienna. The Mari-English Dictionary was funded by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF): P22786-G20.

Last update: 10 August 2023

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