Questions concerning nouns, their form, spelling, functions, derivation, meaning and so on.
Questions tagged [существительные]
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Meaning of "подъезд"
When I look in dictionaries, they give me driveway, but then the following sentences don't really make sense. It sounds more like a part of a building (complex):
Мы живем в одном подъезде.
Моя квартира -- в четвертом подъезде на третьем этаже.
Она…
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What percentage of nouns with a мягкий знак are feminine vs. masculine
Yes, we can learn whether or not a noun is feminine, but does anyone have a break-down of the percentages? I know that the majority seem to be Feminine, but what is the exact figure?
спасибо за помощь. по-моему, просто лучше знать эту информацию,…
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Одушевлённость шахматных фигур
Являются ли слова вроде ферзь одушевлёнными?
С одной стороны, ферзь отвечает на вопрос "что", а не "кто".
С другой, склоняется это существительное, по крайней мере в ед. ч., как одушевлённое: потерял ферзя, а не потерял ферзь.
А во множественном…
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Difference in usage between "пи́ща" and "еда"
As the title asks, what is the difference in usage between пи́ща and еда? Is one just a more formal version of the other? Are there any people/situations to which you could not usually apply one or the other?
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Nouns with mixed masc./fem. declensions
Does anyone know of any nouns like путь that are declined in a mixed masc./fem. way? What I mean is путь follows a typical feminine pattern for the dat./gen./prep. cases (пути), but its instrumental case follows the masculine one (путём).
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"Mechanical Draughtsman" in Russian
Please, could somebody tell me how to say in Russian "Mechanical Draughtsman"
It is a profession, trade.
In English means a person who draws and designs mechanical, structural or machine parts.
The drawing might be created on a drawing board or…
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"у нас туго с деньга́ми": Does this instrumental "деньга́ми" stem from "де́ньги" or "деньга́"?
у нас туго с деньга́ми
The descriptions on Wiki have me puzzled, as it seems the "деньга́ми" can be the plural instrumental of either the plural-only noun "де́ньги" or the colloquial singular noun "деньга́".
It may ultimately amount to the same…
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Существительное "забывало"
I just used, without thinking, the word "забывало" to mean "a person who forgets things all the time". When I started to think about it, I couldn't remember having heard the word, nor could I find such usage in dictionaries or on the internet.…
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When should "родина" be capitalized?
Is there a thumb rule for when to capitalize Родина? Or is it just a free-for-all poetic-license type of thing?
For lack of a better example,
Родина, еду я на Родину,
Пусть кричат — "уродина!",
А она нам нравится,
Хоть и не красавица.
Should…
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Colours as nouns
Ran into this situation when trying to order fabric. Can colours in Russian take a noun form, or must it always be adjective + цвет?
Secondly, if you were to name multiple colours, would you have to pluralise them all (example a) below) or would it…
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What does the acronym "КПЗ" stand for?
e.g. Российского студента жестоко избили в КПЗ в Канаде
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When does неделя become неделю?
I've seen неделю, but I don't know of when the transformation occurs. Could somebody explain it to me?
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Why do you use "воды" in this sentence?
I just saw the following two sentences:
У мальчиков есть вода.
У мальчиков нет воды.
It seems that the meaning is something like The children have water. and The children don't have water.. However, why do the two sentences use different forms of…
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Is the "Great Patriotic War" used only for the Eastern European Theater 1941 - 1945?
In the west, it's called World War 2. For Russians, this is called the Great Patriotic War...but does this only refer to the Eastern European Front 1941 Jun 22 to 1945 May 9?
Is the Battle of Britain, for example, considered part of the Great…
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