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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
rarely used word (#8021)
rarely used word (#8021)
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The examples in this format please: Ру'сский текст - english text
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heavy shower
Also: downpour, cloud-burst
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- Вчера́ но́чью у нас был си́льный ли́вень. We had a heavy rainfall last night.
- Будет ли́вень. There's going to be a downpour.
- Вчера́ по доро́ге домой я попа́ла под ли́вень. Yesterday I was caught in a shower on my way home.
- Я попа́ла под ли́вень и насквозь промо́кла. I was caught in a shower and was drenched to the skin.
- Несмотря на ли́вень, он навести́л своего́ дру́га в больни́це. In spite of the heavy rain, he visited his friend in the hospital.
- По доро́ге на ста́нцию я попа́л под ли́вень. I was caught in a shower on my way to the station.
- Прогно́з пого́ды говори́т, что будут кратковре́менные ли́вни. The weather forecast says there'll be showers.
- Вскоре начался ли́вень. It soon began to rain very hard.
- Мы попали под ли́вень и промо́кли до ни́тки. We were caught in a shower and got wet to the skin.
- Матч отмени́ли из-за си́льного ли́вня. The match has been canceled due to heavy rain.
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nom. nominative | ли́вень | ли́вни |
| gen. genitive | ли́вня | ли́вней |
| dat. dative | ли́вню | ли́вням |
| acc. accusative | ли́вень | ли́вни |
| inst. instrumental | ли́внем | ли́внями |
| prep. prepositional | ли́вне | ли́внях |
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