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о́щупь

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nounfeminineinanimateuncountablenoun in -ь
  • 1.

    touch, feel

    В темноте́ он нашёл выключа́тель на о́щупь.

    In the dark he found the switch by touch.

    Used almost only in the phrase «на ощупь» 'by touch, by feel'.

  • 2.

    groping, guesswork

    Мы иска́ли реше́ние пробле́мы на о́щупь.

    We were groping for a solution to the problem.

    In «на ощупь» = gropingly, blindly, by trial and error.

Examples

Declension

SingularPlural
Nom.Nominative

о́щупь

о́щупи

Gen.Genitive

о́щупи

о́щупей

Dat.Dative

о́щупи

о́щупям

Acc.Accusative

о́щупь

о́щупи

Inst.Instrumental

о́щупью

о́щупями

Prep.Prepositional

о́щупи

о́щупях

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  • Iron edited translation 1 week ago.
  • kinan edited translation 9 years ago.