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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 учи́тель кита́йского языка́ — мужчи́на. My Chinese teacher is a man.
Аку́ла откуси́ла э́тому мужчи́не ногу́. A shark snapped the man's leg off.
Мужчи́на ел хлеб. The man was eating bread.
Тот мужчи́на у́мер неде́лю назад от ра́ка легких. That man died of lung cancer a week ago.
Я мужчи́на. I'm a man.
Же́нщина — бе́дствие для мужчи́ны. A woman is the woe of man.
Я зна́ю мужчи́ну, кото́рый сиди́т вон там. I know the man sitting over there.
Мужчи́на, кото́рый сиди́т напротив — изве́стный певе́ц. The man sitting over there is a famous singer.
Дима переспа́л с 25 мужчи́нами за одну ночь, а потом их уби́л. Dima slept with 25 men in one night and then killed them.
Он уже мужчи́на. He's already a man.

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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