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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).

мину́та

noun, feminine, inanimate
daily used word (top 200)

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):

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Translation

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minute

Also: moment

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Том останови́лся на мину́ту, пе́ред тем как продо́лжить расска́з. Tom paused for a moment before continuing with the story.
Оста́вь нас одних на мину́ту. Leave us alone for a minute.
Что ты сде́лал с мое́й ру́чкой? Она была́ здесь мину́ту назад. What have you done with my pen? It was here a minute ago.
Подожди́ мину́ту, пожалуйста! Wait a minute, please!
Он на мину́ту опозда́л на по́езд. He missed the train by a minute.
Хоть бы мину́той ранее и они могли́ бы сесть на авто́бус. One minute earlier, and they could have caught the bus.
Подожди́ мину́ту. Я хочу́ тебе кое-что рассказа́ть. Wait a minute. I want to tell you something.
Почему бы тебе не задержа́ться на мину́ту? Why don't you stay a minute?
Том был здесь мину́ту назад. Tom was here just a minute ago.
Они будут здесь с мину́ты на мину́ту. They'll be arriving any moment.

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Declension

Normal Singular only Plural only Indeclinable

	singular	plural
nom. nominative	мину́та	мину́ты
gen. genitive	мину́ты	мину́т
dat. dative	мину́те	мину́там
acc. accusative	мину́ту	мину́ты
inst. instrumental	мину́той мину́тою	мину́тами
prep. prepositional	мину́те	мину́тах