городи́ще
rare #28587
nouninanimatecountable
- 1.
ancient settlement site, hillfort, site of an ancient townarchaeology
Архео́логи раскопа́ли древне́е городи́ще.
Archaeologists excavated an ancient settlement site.
Neuter; the usual sense, common in place names and archaeology.
- 2.
(rare) huge city, enormous city
Ну и городи́ще — за день не обойдёшь!
What a huge city - you can't walk across it in a day!
Augmentative of город; colloquial and expressive.
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Declension
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| Nom.Nominative | городи́ще | городи́ща |
| Gen.Genitive | городи́ща | городи́щ |
| Dat.Dative | городи́щу | городи́щам |
| Acc.Accusative | городи́ще | городи́ща |
| Inst.Instrumental | городи́щем | городи́щами |
| Prep.Prepositional | городи́ще | городи́щах |
Word familyго́родPRO
- го́родcity
- огоро́дvegetable garden; enclosure
- городи́тьto enclose
- городи́щеancient settlement site; huge city
- горо́дишкоsmall town
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