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петру́шка

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nounfeminineinanimateuncountable
  • 1.

    parsleycooking

    Вы говори́ли, у вас есть све́жая петру́шка?

    You said you had fresh parsley?

    Feminine noun.

  • 2.

    Punch (puppet), buffoon, clowntheatre

    Петру́шка разма́хивал па́лкой и смеши́л детей.

    Punch waved his stick and made the children laugh.

    Masculine animate noun; also figuratively of a person who plays the fool.

  • 3.

    (rarePunch-and-Judy show, puppet showtheatre

    Дети смотре́ли петру́шку на я́рмарке.

    The children watched a Punch-and-Judy show at the fair.

    Feminine noun.

  • 4.

    nonsense, absurdity, funny business

    Вот кака́я петру́шка получи́лась!

    What a ridiculous business it turned out to be!

    Colloquial; often in «вот какая петрушка».

Examples

Declension

SingularPlural
Nom.Nominative

петру́шка

петру́шки

Gen.Genitive

петру́шки

петру́шек

Dat.Dative

петру́шке

петру́шкам

Acc.Accusative

петру́шку

петру́шки

Inst.Instrumental

петру́шкой

петру́шкою

петру́шками

Prep.Prepositional

петру́шке

петру́шках

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  • Singolin edited translation 6 years ago.