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крупи́ца

rare #11249
nounfeminineinanimatecountable
  • 1.

    grain, scrap, trace, a little

    В его слова́х есть крупи́ца пра́вды.

    There is a grain of truth in his words.

    Usually with a following genitive: крупица правды, крупица таланта.

  • 2.

    grain, granule, tiny crumb

    На дне стака́на оста́лась крупи́ца са́хара.

    A grain of sugar was left at the bottom of the glass.

  • 3.

    (raregraupel pellet, grain of soft hailmeteorology

    С не́ба сы́палась ме́лкая сне́жная крупи́ца.

    Fine grains of snow pellets were falling from the sky.

Usage info

по крупицам = bit by bit, little by little, in bits and pieces

Examples

Declension

SingularPlural
Nom.Nominative

крупи́ца

крупи́цы

Gen.Genitive

крупи́цы

крупи́ц

Dat.Dative

крупи́це

крупи́цам

Acc.Accusative

крупи́цу

крупи́цы

Inst.Instrumental

крупи́цей

крупи́цею

крупи́цами

Prep.Prepositional

крупи́це

крупи́цах

Word familyкрупи́цаPRO

  • крупи́цаgrain; grain; graupel pellet
    nounfeminine
  • nounfeminine

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  • Iron edited translation 1 week ago.
  • thinkpad20 edited usage info 9 months ago.