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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, male, inanimate
often used word (#941)
often used word (#941)
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sign
Also: token, symbol, mark, omen, signal
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- Я подари́л ей буке́т роз в знак благода́рности за её гостеприи́мство. I gave a bunch of roses to her in return for her hospitality.
- Я не ви́дел зна́ка. I did not see the sign.
- Она кивну́ла голово́й в знак согла́сия. She nodded her head in agreement.
- Сего́дня некоторые са́йты не рабо́тают в знак проте́ста против SOPA и PIPA. Today, some websites are blacked out to protest against SOPA and PIPA.
- Ты меня уда́рила в знак не́нависти - "Нет, я уда́рила тебя в знак любви́", - отве́тила де́вушка. You hit me out of hate. "No, I hit you out of love," answered the girl.
- Они уби́ли козу́ в знак же́ртвы Бо́гу. They killed a goat as a sacrifice to God.
- Я не понима́ю, зачем в укра́инском алфави́те переноси́ли мя́гкий знак: на мой взгляд, бы́ло гораздо логичнее, когда он был в конце́. I don’t understand why they moved the soft sign in the Ukrainian alphabet; it seemed much more logical for me when it came at the end.
- Бог подал знак. God sent a sign.
- «Как в э́том языке́ называ́ют знак @?» — «Соба́ка». How do you pronounce the sign @ in this language? "at"
- Он не уви́дел зна́ка остано́вки на перекрёстке и врезался во встре́чный автомоби́ль. He failed to see the stop sign at the intersection and hit an oncoming car.
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nom. nominative | зна́к | зна́ки |
| gen. genitive | зна́ка | зна́ков |
| dat. dative | зна́ку | зна́кам |
| acc. accusative | зна́к | зна́ки |
| inst. instrumental | зна́ком | зна́ками |
| prep. prepositional | зна́ке | зна́ках |
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