Questions tagged [одушевлённость]

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Will an animate Russian noun still remain animate if used to denote an inanimate object?

This may be a strange question for someone who's fluent in Russian, but we were never taught it in school, and I realized I have a problem. I'm not sure which variant to use. So I decided to ask my question here. Suppose we have an animate noun. Let…
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How would the word "облако-кочевник" look in the accusative plural?

облако-кочевник I want to put this word in the accusative plural. If I want to use correct Russian grammar, how would it look and sound and why? Which rule applies? Here's the song. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dke43JqfhU4 Лето взяло в руки…
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