somewhat often used word (#4784)
Translation
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1.butterfly, bow-tie, dicky-tie
butterfly
Also: bow-tie, dicky-tie
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Separate translations by commata. New major meaning should get a new line entry.
A good example is ручка which looks like
1. pen, ballpoint
2. handle, knob, grip
3. arm
4. arm rest
Usage Info
Examples
- Мне нра́вятся ба́бочки. I like butterflies.
- В моём ми́ре живу́т только по́ни, они едя́т ра́дугу и какают ба́бочками. In my world everyone’s a pony and they all eat rainbows and poop butterflies.
- О, здесь ба́бочка! Oh, there's a butterfly!
- Я пойма́л прекра́сную ба́бочку. I caught a beautiful butterfly.
- О, ба́бочка! Oh, a butterfly!
- Ба́бочка села на ру́ку. The butterfly landed on the hand.
- Жизнь ба́бочки коротка́. The life span of a butterfly is short.
- Кто же я на самом де́ле: мона́х, кото́рому сни́тся, что он – ба́бочка, или ба́бочка, кото́рой сни́тся, что она – мона́х? Who am I actually: a monk dreaming he's a butterfly, or a butterfly dreaming it's a monk?
- Летящая по не́бу лету́чая мышь похо́жа на ба́бочку. A bat flying in the sky looks like a butterfly.
- Какова́ сре́дняя продолжи́тельность жи́зни ба́бочки? What's the average lifespan of a butterfly?
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Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nom. nominative | ба́бочка | ба́бочки |
| gen. genitive | ба́бочки | ба́бочек |
| dat. dative | ба́бочке | ба́бочкам |
| acc. accusative | ба́бочку | ба́бочек |
| inst. instrumental |
ба́бочкой ба́бочкою |
ба́бочками |
| prep. prepositional | ба́бочке | ба́бочках |
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Accents: Mark the accent with a ' character behind the vowel, e.g. ру'чки. 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).
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