often used word (#766)
Translation
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1.quantity, amount, number
quantity
Also: amount, number
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Editing translations: Please do not include annotations (e.g. "medicine" or "colloquially") or hints of usage (e.g. "[Acc.]").
Separate translations by commata. New major meaning should get a new line entry.
A good example is ручка which looks like
1. pen, ballpoint
2. handle, knob, grip
3. arm
4. arm rest
Usage Info
Examples
- Покро́йте семена́ небольши́м коли́чеством земли. Cover the seeds with a little earth.
- Мы импорти́руем большо́е коли́чество продуктов пита́ния. We import a large quantity of food.
- Она помога́ла мне бесчи́сленное коли́чество раз. She helped me out countless times.
- Коли́чество дождя́ влия́ет на рост урожа́я? Does the amount of rain affect the growth of crops?
- В э́том о́зере во́дится огро́мное коли́чество разнообра́зной рыбы. This lake abounds in various kinds of fish.
- Татоэба всегда нужда́ется в бо́льшем коли́честве предложе́ний! Tatoeba always needs more sentences!
- Ка́чество важне́е коли́чества. Quality, not quantity.
- Коли́чество же́нщин, становящихся матеря́ми, мало. The number of women who becomes mothers is small.
- Именно ка́чество, а не коли́чество име́ет значе́ние. It is quality, not quantity that counts.
- Изобрете́ние электри́чества дало начало неисчисли́мому коли́честву изобрете́ний. The discovery of electricity gave birth to an innumerable number of inventions.
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Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nom. nominative | коли́чество | коли́чества |
| gen. genitive | коли́чества | коли́честв |
| dat. dative | коли́честву | коли́чествам |
| acc. accusative | коли́чество | коли́чества |
| inst. instrumental | коли́чеством | коли́чествами |
| prep. prepositional | коли́честве | коли́чествах |
Editing declensions: If there are two forms for a word, please separate them by a comma.
Accents: Mark the accent with a ' character behind the vowel, e.g. ру'чки. 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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