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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 (#1379)
somewhat often used word (#1379)
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defence
Also: protection, safeguard, cover
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- Он — специали́ст по защи́те окружа́ющей среды. He is an environmentalist.
- Э́тот форт построен для защи́ты города от вторжения. It's a fort built to defend the town from invasion.
- Мне нужна́ была́ защи́та. I needed protection.
- Несмотря на защи́ту со стороны прави́тельства, он был уби́т. Despite the government’s protection, he was the victim of an assassination attempt which killed him.
- Са́мый преда́тельский спо́соб навреди́ть де́лу заключа́ется в его умы́шленной защи́те несостоя́тельными аргуме́нтами. The most perfidious way of harming a cause consists of defending it deliberately with faulty arguments.
- Тому нужна́ защи́та. Tom needs protection.
- Том не счита́л, что ему нужна́ защи́та. Tom didn't think he needed protection.
- Защи́та обжа́ловала пригово́р. The defense appealed the verdict.
- Он — член короле́вского о́бщества защи́ты птиц. He's a member of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds.
- Она попроси́ла защи́ты у поли́ции. She asked the police for protection.
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nom. nominative | защи́та | защи́ты |
| gen. genitive | защи́ты | защи́т |
| dat. dative | защи́те | защи́там |
| acc. accusative | защи́ту | защи́ты |
| inst. instrumental |
защи́той защи́тою |
защи́тами |
| prep. prepositional | защи́те | защи́тах |
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