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па́лец

noun, masculine, inanimate
daily used word

Noun basics

Gender: none/unknown masculine feminine both (m & f) neuter plural only

Is it living?: (unknown) inanimate animate

Noun gender partner (e.g. кошка for кот):

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finger

Also: pin, cam

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toe

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Между уша́ми и глаза́ми существу́ет промежу́ток ра́вный четырём па́льцам. There is a distance of four fingers between the eyes and the ears.
На ноге́ мы мо́жем найти́ лоды́жку и пять па́льцев с ногтя́ми. In the foot, we find an ankle and five toes with nails.
Боль пронзи́ла его па́лец. Pain shot through his finger.
Том поре́зал па́лец оско́лком стекла́. Tom cut his finger on a piece of glass.
Он зна́ет окре́стности как свои́ пять па́льцев. He knows the area like the back of his hand.
Учи́тельница указа́ла на меня па́льцем и попроси́ла идти́ за ней. The teacher pointed her finger at me and asked me to go with her.
На руке́ есть пять па́льцев: большо́й, указа́тельный, сре́дний, безымя́нный и мизи́нец. The hand has five fingers: the thumb, the index finger, the middle finger, the ring finger, and the pinky.
Скрести́ за меня па́льцы! Keep your fingers crossed for me!
На ноже́ не бы́ло отпеча́тков па́льцев. There were no fingerprints on the knife.
Э́ти упражне́ния разовью́т вам си́лу в па́льцах. These exercises will develop the strength of your fingers.

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Declension

Normal Singular only Plural only Indeclinable

	singular	plural
nom. nominative	па́лец	па́льцы
gen. genitive	па́льца	па́льцев
dat. dative	па́льцу	па́льцам
acc. accusative	па́лец	па́льцы
inst. instrumental	па́льцем	па́льцами
prep. prepositional	па́льце	па́льцах