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наи́тие

rare #30188
nouninanimateuncountable
  • 1.

    inspiration, sudden insight, flash of intuition

    Худо́жника посети́ло наи́тие.

    Inspiration came to the artist.

    Bookish and slightly elevated; often in «наитие свыше» 'inspiration from above'.

  • 2.

    intuition, instinct, hunch

    Я де́лаю переры́вы по наи́тию.

    I take breaks when I feel like it.

    Almost always in «по наитию» - by intuition, instinctively, as the mood takes one.

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Declension

SingularPlural
Nom.Nominative

наи́тие

наи́тия

Gen.Genitive

наи́тия

наи́тий

Dat.Dative

наи́тию

наи́тиям

Acc.Accusative

наи́тие

наи́тия

Inst.Instrumental

наи́тием

наи́тиями

Prep.Prepositional

наи́тии

наи́тиях

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  • Iron edited translation 1 week ago.
  • jwhitlaw edited translation 1 year ago.
  • jwhitlaw edited translation 1 year ago.