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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, female, animate
rarely used word (#9293)
rarely used word (#9293)
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shark
Also: dog-fish
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- Вероя́тность нападе́ния аку́лы очень низка́. The likelihood of being attacked by a shark is very low.
- Вы когда-нибудь ви́дели аку́лу? Have you ever seen a shark?
- «В воде — аку́ла», — прошепта́ла она. There's a shark in the water she whispered.
- Боже пра́вый, э́то что, аку́ла? Holy mackerel! Is that a shark?
- Аку́лы - хоро́шие пловцы́. Sharks are good swimmers.
- Аку́ла - ры́ба, тогда как дельфи́н - млекопитающее. A shark is a fish while a dolphin is a mammal.
- Мно́гие ви́ды аку́л нахо́дятся под угро́зой вымира́ния. Many shark species are threatened with extinction.
- Аку́лы мо́гут почу́вствовать даже небольшо́е коли́чество кро́ви в воде. Sharks can smell even a tiny amount of blood in water.
- Он упа́л в кишащую аку́лами во́ду. He fell into the shark infested waters.
- Ша́нсы умере́ть из-за падающих обло́мков самолёта в 30 раз выше, чем быть уби́тым аку́лой. The chances of dying from falling airplane parts are 30 times greater than the chances of being killed by a shark.
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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