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мужчи́на

noun, male, animate
often used word (#390)

Noun basics

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

Is it living?: (unknown) inanimate animate

Translation

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man

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Examples

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Мой преподава́тель кита́йского — мужчи́на. My Chinese teacher is a man.
Мужчи́на встал и запе́л. The man stood up and began to sing.
Мужчи́на отвеча́л описа́нию. The man answered to the description.
Я ви́дел, как в ко́мнату зашел мужчи́на. I saw a man enter the room.
Мужчи́на восстанови́л владе́ние ле́вой руко́й. The man regained the use of his left arm.
Мужчи́на, кото́рый сиди́т напротив — изве́стный певе́ц. The man sitting over there is a famous singer.
Ребёнок говори́т так, как будто он взро́слый мужчи́на. The child talks as if he were a man.
Мало кто из мужчи́н не зна́ет э́того. There are few men who don't know that.
Есть мужчи́на, кото́рый рабо́тает на фе́рме. There is a man working on the farm.
Я ви́дел, как ополчились против мужчи́ны. I saw the man get ganged up on.

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Declension

Normal Singular only Plural only Indeclinable

	singular	plural
nom. nominative	мужчи́на	мужчи́ны
gen. genitive	мужчи́ны	мужчи́н
dat. dative	мужчи́не	мужчи́нам
acc. accusative	мужчи́ну	мужчи́н
inst. instrumental	мужчи́ной мужчи́ною	мужчи́нами
prep. prepositional	мужчи́не	мужчи́нах