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Mark the stress in russian words with a ' character behind the vowel, e.g. ру'чки, this will be converted to ру́чки. Leave out the stress when it is unambiguous, which is when the word contains ё or only one vowel (the vowels are а, я, э, е, ы, и, о, ё, у and ю).
noun, female, inanimate
somewhat often used word (#3832)
somewhat often used word (#3832)
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failure
Also: misfortune, rebuff, reverse
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- Том объясни́л свою́ неуда́чу невезе́нием. Tom said his failure was due to bad luck.
- Она приписа́ла свою́ неуда́чу невезе́нию. She ascribed her failure to bad luck.
- Вот что ста́ло причи́ной его неуда́чи. That's the cause of his failure.
- Подко́ва и чёрная ко́шка - зна́ки неуда́чи. A horseshoe and a black cat are not good luck signs.
- Гла́вная причи́на его неуда́чи — лень. The primary cause of his failure is laziness.
- После четырех неуда́ч он не пыта́лся больше. Having failed four times, he didn't try anymore.
- Все её уси́лия зако́нчились неуда́чей. All her efforts culminated in failure.
- Только пытающийся достига́ет успе́ха. Но тот, кто только пыта́ется, те́рпит неуда́чу. Only the one who tries succeeds. But the one who only tries fails.
- Несмотря на все свои́ неуда́чи, он остаётся оптими́стом. Despite all his setbacks, he remains an optimist.
- Люде́й запомина́ют не по коли́честву неуда́ч, а по коли́честву успе́хов. People are not remembered by the number of times they fail but for the number of times they succeed.
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nom. nominative | неуда́ча | неуда́чи |
| gen. genitive | неуда́чи | неуда́ч |
| dat. dative | неуда́че | неуда́чам |
| acc. accusative | неуда́чу | неуда́чи |
| inst. instrumental |
неуда́чей неуда́чею |
неуда́чами |
| prep. prepositional | неуда́че | неуда́чах |
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