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карава́й

nounmasculineinanimatecountablevery rarely used (#17966)

1.
Large whole round or rectangular yeast bread (wedding bread)

Examples

На столе лежал свежий ситный каравай.
A fresh loaf of sifted-flour bread lay on the table.
Каравай украсили красивым узором из теста.
The karavai was decorated with a beautiful pattern made of dough.
На свадьбе гостям подали большой каравай.
At the wedding, the guests were served a large karavai, a traditional wedding loaf.
Мать испекла каравай к празднику.
Mother baked a karavai for the celebration.

Declension

	singular	plural
nom.nominative	карава́й	карава́и
gen.genitive	карава́я	карава́ев
dat.dative	карава́ю	карава́ям
acc.accusative	карава́й	карава́и
inst.instrumental	карава́ем	карава́ями
prep.prepositional	карава́е	карава́ях

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luke.hess97 edited translation 1 year ago.
Sandy edited translation 5 years ago.
Sandy edited translation 5 years ago.
Sandy edited noun basics 5 years ago.

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Large bread or rectangular round wedding whole yeast