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медсестра́

noun, feminine, animate
Partner медбра́т
rarely used word

Noun basics

Gender: none/unknown masculine feminine both (m & f) neuter plural only

Is it living?: (unknown) inanimate animate

Noun gender partner (e.g. кошка for кот):

C2 Occupation

Translation

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nurse

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Она не медсестра́, а врач. She is not a nurse, but a doctor.
Она не медсестра́, а до́ктор. She is not a nurse, but a doctor.
Она мечта́ла стать медсестро́й. She dreamed of becoming a nurse.
Она рабо́тает медсестро́й. She is a nurse.
Мэри рабо́тает медсестро́й на непо́лный рабо́чий день. Mary works part-time as a nurse.
Я ду́мал, что Вы - медсестра́. I thought you were a nurse.
Медсестра́ влюби́лась в одного из свои́х пацие́нтов. The nurse fell in love with one of her patients.
Э́та же́нщина — медсестра́. The woman is a nurse.
Медсестра́ изме́рила его температу́ру. The nurse took his temperature.
Медсестра́ изме́рила моё кровяно́е давле́ние. The nurse took my blood pressure.

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Declension

Normal Singular only Plural only Indeclinable

Note: Stress change

	singular	plural
nom. nominative	медсестра́	медсёстры
gen. genitive	медсестры́	медсестёр
dat. dative	медсестре́	медсёстрам
acc. accusative	медсестру́	медсестёр
inst. instrumental	медсестро́й медсестро́ю	медсёстрами
prep. prepositional	медсестре́	медсёстрах