noun, masculine, inanimate
Daily used word (top 300)
Translation
people
Also: nation
Usage info
Note the expression много народу ‘a lot of people’. The “partitive” genitive (which indicates “some”) of народ has a special ending -у
Examples
- Глас наро́да - глас Бо́жий.The voice of the people is the voice of God.
- Кита́йцы — трудолюби́вый наро́д.The Chinese are a hard-working people.
- Они вста́ли на защи́ту прав своего́ наро́да.They stood up for the rights of their nation.
- Наро́д приве́тствовал побе́ду.The people hailed the victory.
- Мы - наро́д.We are the people.
- Сколько наро́ду тут рабо́тает?How many people work here?
- Рели́гия - о́пиум для наро́да.Religion is the opiate of the masses.
- Поли́тик должен служи́ть наро́ду.A politician should serve the people.
- Однако мы мо́жем быть наро́дом земли.However, we can be people of the earth.
- В фолькло́ре всех наро́дов есть говоря́щие живо́тные.There are speaking animals in all peoples' folklore.
Declension
singular | plural | |
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nom.nominative | наро́д | наро́ды |
gen.genitive | наро́да | наро́дов |
dat.dative | наро́ду | наро́дам |
acc.accusative | наро́д | наро́ды |
inst.instrumental | наро́дом | наро́дами |
prep.prepositional | наро́де | наро́дах |
Contributions
- pyz9188 edited usage info and related words 5 months ago.
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