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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, inanimate
somewhat often used word (#2082)
somewhat often used word (#2082)
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foolishness
Also: folly, stupidity, nonsense, rubbish
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- Обеща́й мне, что не наде́лаешь глу́постей. Promise me you won't to do anything stupid.
- Он говори́л глу́пости. He was talking nonsense.
- Кака́я глу́пость! This is silly!
- Челове́ческая глу́пость безграни́чна. Human stupidity is without limits.
- Ты де́лаешь глу́пость. You're being silly.
- Мы до́лжны найти́ Тома прежде, чем он соверши́т какую-нибудь глу́пость. We've got to find Tom before he does something stupid.
- Даже взро́слые лю́ди соверша́ют много глу́постей. Even adults do a lot of stupid things.
- Я наде́юсь, ты не говори́шь какую-нибудь глу́пость. I hope you don't say something stupid.
- Прекрати́ тра́тить де́ньги на глу́пости. Stop spending money on stupid things.
- Го́лод мо́жет заста́вить люде́й де́лать глу́пости. Hunger can make people do stupid things.
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nom. nominative | глу́пость | глу́пости |
| gen. genitive | глу́пости | глу́постей |
| dat. dative | глу́пости | глу́постям |
| acc. accusative | глу́пость | глу́пости |
| inst. instrumental | глу́постью | глу́постями |
| prep. prepositional | глу́пости | глу́постях |
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