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колле́га

noun, masculine & feminine, animate

Somewhat often used word (top 2,000)

  • colleague

    could be male or female

Usage info

Personal designation in which the natural gender dominates the grammatical gender!

In other words, decline the word itself as feminine, but when using prepositions, use the form appropriate to the person referred to. «Мой» коллега referring to a male colleague, «моя» to a female colleague in this nominative example.

Examples

Declension

singularplural
nom.nominative

колле́га

колле́ги

gen.genitive

колле́ги

колле́г

dat.dative

колле́ге

колле́гам

acc.accusative

колле́гу

колле́г

inst.instrumental

колле́гой

колле́гою

колле́гами

prep.prepositional

колле́ге

колле́гах

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Contributions

  • vern.martin.2 edited usage info and tags 1 day ago.
  • Michel edited tags 1 week ago.
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  • Sandy edited usage info 4 years ago.