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глухо́й

adjective
adverb глу́хо
somewhat often used word (#1728)

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deaf

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muffled

Also: flat, toneless, dull, indistinct

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unvoiced

Also: voiceless

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out-of-the-way

Also: remote, god-forsaken

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dense
Example: глухой лес - dense forest

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blank
Example: глухая стена - blank wall

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Он притворя́ется глухи́м. He pretends to be deaf.
Ты что, глухо́й? Are you deaf or what?
Том глух как тетерев. Tom is as deaf as a post.
Вре́мя от вре́мени сверка́ет мо́лния, греми́т глухо́й гром. From time to time lightning flashes, and thunder rumbles dully.
Ты глухо́й или тупо́й? Are you deaf or stupid?
В то вре́мя не бы́ло школ для глухи́х. There were no schools for the deaf at that time.
Хелен Келлер была́ глуха́я и слепа́я. Helen Keller was deaf and blind.
Она была́ слепа́, глуха́ и нема́. She was blind, deaf, and dumb.
Том глухо́й, но он уме́ет чита́ть по губа́м. Tom is deaf, but he knows how to read lips.
Дорога в Каза́нь пролега́ет через густо́й, глухо́й лес. The road to Kazan lies through a dense forest.

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Declension

	mmasculin	ffeminin	nneuter	plplural
nom. nominative	глухо́й	глуха́я	глухо́е	глухи́е
gen. genitive	глухо́го	глухо́й	глухо́го	глухи́х
dat. dative	глухо́му	глухо́й	глухо́му	глухи́м
acc. accusative	глухо́й глухо́го	глуху́ю	глухо́е	глухи́е глухи́х
inst. instrumental	глухи́м	глухо́й глухо́ю	глухи́м	глухи́ми
prep. prepositional	глухо́м	глухо́й	глухо́м	глухи́х