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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
rarely used word (#8620)
rarely used word (#8620)
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The examples in this format please: Ру'сский текст - english text
The examples in this format please: Ру'сский текст - english text
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shortage
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- Наси́лие вспы́хнуло во всем го́роде из-за нехва́тки продово́льствия. Violence erupted all over the city because of the food shortages.
- Он не мог пое́хать из-за нехва́тки де́нег. He could not go on a trip for lack of money.
- Ску́ка, рути́на и нехва́тка любопы́тства — э́то зле́йшие враги́ нашего мо́зга. Boredom, routine, and lack of curiosity are the greatest enemies of our brain.
- Похоже, в Се́ти нехва́тка австри́йских чатов. There seems to be a scarcity of Austrian chat rooms in the Web.
- Глу́пость — э́то нехва́тка ума́. Stupidity is a lack of intelligence.
- Из-за нехва́тки воды, у нас был плохо́й урожа́й. We had a poor harvest because of the lack of water.
- Э́тот го́род будет страда́ть от крити́ческой нехва́тки воды, если вскоре не пойдёт дождь. This city will suffer from an acute water shortage unless it rains soon.
- В ты́сяча девятьсот девяносто четвёртом году ощущалась нехва́тка воды и ри́са в Япо́нии. In 1994, there was a shortage of water and rice in Japan.
- Все цветы́ в са́ду завя́ли из-за нехва́тки воды. All the flowers in the garden died for lack of water.
- Нехва́тка ка́дров — большая пробле́ма для нас. The shortage of manpower poses a big problem for us.
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nom. nominative | нехва́тка | нехва́тки |
| gen. genitive | нехва́тки | нехва́ток |
| dat. dative | нехва́тке | нехва́ткам |
| acc. accusative | нехва́тку | нехва́тки |
| inst. instrumental |
нехва́ткой нехва́ткою |
нехва́тками |
| prep. prepositional | нехва́тке | нехва́тках |
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