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мужчи́на

noun, masculine, animate
often used word (top 400)

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):

Translation

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man

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Мало кто из мужчи́н не зна́ет э́того. There are few men who don't know that.
Напротив дома стра́нный мужчи́на. There is a strange man in front of the house.
Кто тот мужчи́на, с кото́рым ты говори́л? Who is the man that you were talking with?
К моему́ у́жасу, мужчи́на доста́л из карма́на пистоле́т. To my horror, the man took a gun out of his pocket.
Э́тот мужчи́на говори́л це́лый час. The man kept talking for an hour.
Мужчи́на встал и запе́л. The man stood up and began to sing.
Мужчи́на, кото́рый чита́ет кни́гу вот там - мой оте́ц. The man reading a book over there is my father.
Мужчи́на восстанови́л владе́ние ле́вой руко́й. The man regained the use of his left arm.
Я никогда не ду́мал об э́том, - сказа́л мужчи́на. - "Что нам де́лать?" I've never thought about this, said the man. "What should we do?"
Мужчи́на, кото́рый сиди́т напротив — изве́стный певе́ц. The man sitting over there is a famous singer.

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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