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дя́дя

noun, masculine, animate, countable

feminine тётя

often used word (top 500)B1People - Familyfake feminine
  • 1.

    uncle

Examples

Declension

⚠️ Stress change.

singularplural
nom.nominative

дя́дя

дя́ди

gen.genitive

дя́ди

дя́дей

dat.dative

дя́де

дядья́м

acc.accusative

дя́дю

дя́дей

inst.instrumental

дя́дей

дя́дею

дядья́ми

prep.prepositional

дя́де

дядья́х

Typical usagePRO

  • Family & kinship

    • дя́дя и тётя

      uncle and aunt

    • родно́й дя́дя

      biological uncle

    • дя́дя по отцу́

      uncle on my father’s side

    • дя́дя по ма́тери

      uncle on my mother’s side

  • Forms of address & names

    • Дя́дя Ва́ня

      Uncle Vanya (address with first name)

    • дя́дя, скажи́те...

      Sir, could you tell me... (informal address)

    • дя́денька

      sir (friendly/childish form of address)

    • Дя́дя Сам

      Uncle Sam (USA as a personification)

  • Common verbs with cases

    • позвони́ть дя́де

      to call one’s uncle

    • писа́ть дя́де

      to write to one’s uncle

    • навеща́ть дя́дю

      to visit one’s uncle

    • идти́ к дя́де

      to go to one’s uncle’s place

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  • Тостада edited related words 2 years ago.
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  • Michel edited noun basics 5 years ago.
  • Michel edited translation 5 years ago.