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мужчи́на

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

Noun basics

Gender: none/unknown male female 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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Все чле́ны клу́ба, кроме меня, — мужчи́ны. All the members of our club, excluding me, are men.
Кто тот мужчи́на, с кото́рым ты говори́л? Who is the man that you were talking with?
Мой преподава́тель кита́йского — мужчи́на. My Chinese teacher is a man.
Э́тому мужчи́не не хвата́ет хра́брости. This man lacks courage.
Я ви́дел мужчи́ну с ребёнком. I saw a man with a child.
Напротив дома стра́нный мужчи́на. There is a strange man in front of the house.
Же́нщина — бе́дствие для мужчи́ны. A woman is the woe of man.
К моему́ у́жасу, мужчи́на доста́л из карма́на пистоле́т. To my horror, the man took a gun out of his pocket.
Мужчи́на был пьян как сапо́жник. The man was drunk as a mouse.
Я зна́ю мужчи́ну, кото́рый сиди́т вон там. I know the man sitting over there.

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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