Questions tagged [сокращения]
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What is the Russian equivalent for "circa"?
It's clear enough that something like "1993 г." designates a precise year, but in English one can write "c. 1993" (i.e. "circa 1993"), indicating that the exact year is unknown. Is there an equivalent in Russian? It feels awkward to write "около…
user1388
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Are the word ноябрь or any of its forms ever abbreviated in Russian?
I'm referring more specifically to formal (official) texts — definitely not belles-lettres or informal speech. We know that abbreviations are frequently used in formal texts such as documents, but is it ever possible to abbreviate the word ноябрь…
Alexander
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What does в сложн. сл. mean in Russian dictionary?
What does в сложн. сл. mean in below screenshot (highlighted with red rectangle)? Source
Jack Chung
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How do you abbreviate the word "рубль" and its derived forms "рубля" and "рублей"?
Let me express my own personal opinion. To my mind, words such as рубль, рубля, рублей must be abbreviated as рубл. Of course, I'll provide a link to the respective rule.
При стечении двух одинаковых согласных сокращение следует делать после
первой…
Alexander
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IED as abbreviation and term in Cyrillic/Russian
With a new understanding of Russian, I found this is Half Life 2. I first started wondering why they decided to use Cyrillic to write "IED", and then I began wondering if there was an abbreviation (or even a term in the first place!) for improvised…
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