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Mark the stress in russian words with a ' character behind the vowel, e.g. ру'чки, this will be converted to ру́чки. Leave out the stress when it is unambiguous, which is when the word contains ё or only one vowel (the vowels are а, я, э, е, ы, и, о, ё, у and ю).
noun, male, animate
often used word (#631)
often used word (#631)
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author
Also: authoress, writer, composer, begetter
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- Кни́га была́ издана после сме́рти а́втора. The book was published after the author's death.
- Престу́пником а́втор назнача́ет персона́жа, кото́рый ни с того́ ни с сего появля́ется в после́дней главе́ э́той кни́ги. The author pins the crime on a character who pops up in the last chapter of this book.
- Газе́та ста́ла теря́ть чита́телей, когда уво́лила одного из са́мых люби́мых пу́бликой а́второв. The newspaper began to lose readers when it dispensed with one of its most popular writers.
- А́втор брази́лец. The author is Brazilian.
- Э́тот а́втор перевёл те ска́зки на наш язы́к. That author translated those fairy tales into our language.
- В чём здесь оши́бка? - "В ДНК а́втора". What's wrong here? "The author's DNA".
- Согласно ины́м исто́чникам, Ноам Чомски — са́мый цитируемый из ныне живущих а́второв. According to some sources, Noam Chomsky is the most cited living author.
- А́втор вручи́л мне ко́пию свое́й после́дней кни́ги. The author presented a copy of his latest book to me.
- Том - а́втор и исполни́тель со́бственных пе́сен. Tom is a singer-songwriter.
- А́втор посвяти́л кни́гу свое́й сестре́. The author dedicated the book to his sister.
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nom. nominative | а́втор | а́вторы |
| gen. genitive | а́втора | а́второв |
| dat. dative | а́втору | а́вторам |
| acc. accusative | а́втора | а́второв |
| inst. instrumental | а́втором | а́вторами |
| prep. prepositional | а́вторе | а́вторах |
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