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noun, female, animate
rarely used word (#9293)
rarely used word (#9293)
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shark
Also: dog-fish
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- Аку́ла - ры́ба, тогда как дельфи́н - млекопитающее. A shark is a fish while a dolphin is a mammal.
- Аку́лы мо́гут почу́вствовать даже небольшо́е коли́чество кро́ви в воде. Sharks can smell even a tiny amount of blood in water.
- Согласно новостя́м, его съе́ли аку́лы. According to the news, he was eaten by sharks.
- За проше́дшие две неде́ли двое молоды́х люде́й пали же́ртвой тигро́вых аку́л на пля́жах Австра́лии. Two young men have been killed by tiger sharks on Australian beaches in the past two weeks.
- Э́та кле́тка мо́жет защити́ть от аку́лы? Is this cage shark-proof?
- Мо́ре киши́т аку́лами. The sea is infested with sharks.
- Ничего себе, неужто э́то аку́ла? Holy mackerel! Is that a shark?
- Он упа́л в кишащую аку́лами во́ду. He fell into the shark infested waters.
- Как говори́л наш капита́н, поздно дра́пать, когда аку́лы ноги доеда́ют. Like our captain used to say, it's too late to escape when the sharks are eating your legs.
- Кито́вая аку́ла — са́мая большая аку́ла в ми́ре. The whale shark is the largest shark in the world.
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nom. nominative | аку́ла | аку́лы |
| gen. genitive | аку́лы | аку́л |
| dat. dative | аку́ле | аку́лам |
| acc. accusative | аку́лу | аку́л |
| inst. instrumental |
аку́лой аку́лою |
аку́лами |
| prep. prepositional | аку́ле | аку́лах |
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