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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).
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sacrifice
Also: offering, victim
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- Во вре́мя войны и́стина явля́ется пе́рвой же́ртвой. In war, truth is the first casualty.
- Если ты прислу́шиваешься только к свиде́тельствам же́ртвы, то не смо́жешь поня́ть всей карти́ны происше́ствия. If you only listen to the testimony of the victim you can't understand the full story of the incident.
- Они снабжа́ли жертв войны едо́й. They supplied the war victims with food.
- Том - брат одной из жертв. Tom is the brother of one of the victims.
- Поиско́вые соба́ки обнару́жили те́ло же́ртвы. Search dogs located the victim's body.
- Том - же́ртва ужа́сного преступле́ния. Tom is the victim of a terrible crime.
- Я мы́слями с се́мьями жертв. My thoughts are with the families of the victims.
- Том был же́ртвой попы́тки вымога́тельства. Tom was the victim of an extortion attempt.
- Мно́гие из жертв или сгоре́ли, или у́мерли от уду́шья. Many of the victims either burnt to death or suffocated.
- Сна́йпер снима́л свои́х жертв одного за други́м. The sniper picked off his victims one by one.
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nom. nominative | же́ртва | же́ртвы |
| gen. genitive | же́ртвы | же́ртв |
| dat. dative | же́ртве | же́ртвам |
| acc. accusative | же́ртву | же́ртвы |
| inst. instrumental |
же́ртвой же́ртвою |
же́ртвами |
| prep. prepositional | же́ртве | же́ртвах |
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