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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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Мужчи́на реши́л подожда́ть на ста́нции, пока не придёт его жена́. The man decided to wait at the station until his wife came.
Мужчи́на, кото́рого ты встре́тил на ста́нции — мой оте́ц. The man you met at the station is my father.
Мужчи́на вы́дохнул ей в лицо́ дым. The man puffed smoke into her face.
Все чле́ны клу́ба, кроме меня, — мужчи́ны. All the members of our club, excluding me, are men.
Мужчи́ны прихо́дят в фо́рму, ездя на велосипе́дах. The men are getting into shape riding bicycles.
Мужчи́на встал и запе́л. The man stood up and began to sing.
Мужчи́на вы́тащил Элли из опа́сного положе́ния. The man extricated Ellie from a dangerous situation.
Аку́ла откуси́ла э́тому мужчи́не ногу́. A shark snapped the man's leg off.
Дима переспа́л с 25 мужчи́нами за одну ночь, а потом их уби́л. Dima slept with 25 men in one night and then killed them.
Я ви́дел мужчи́ну с ребёнком. I saw a man with a child.

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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