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noun, male, animate
often used word (#527)
often used word (#527)
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writer
Also: author
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- Не будет преувеличе́нием сказа́ть, что он явля́ется первокла́ссным писа́телем. It is no exaggeration to say that he is a first-rate writer.
- Грэм Грин - мой люби́мый писа́тель. Graham Greene is my favourite writer.
- Он хоро́ший писа́тель. He is a good writer.
- Писа́тель рабо́тает над но́вой кни́гой. The writer is working on a new book.
- До его сме́рти его не чти́ли вели́ким писа́телем. He wasn't recognized as a great writer until after his death.
- Помимо хиру́рга он также был изве́стным писа́телем. Besides being a surgeon, he was a famous writer.
- Он не поэ́т, а писа́тель. He is not a poet but a novelist.
- В ка́честве писа́теля она не впи́сывается ни в один из традицио́нных жа́нров. As a writer, she does not fit into any of the traditional categories.
- Ты когда-нибудь ду́мал о том, чтобы стать писа́телем? Have you ever thought of becoming a writer?
- Путеше́ствия Гулливера написаны изве́стным англи́йским писа́телем. Gulliver's Travels was written by a famous English writer.
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nom. nominative | писа́тель | писа́тели |
| gen. genitive | писа́теля | писа́телей |
| dat. dative | писа́телю | писа́телям |
| acc. accusative | писа́теля | писа́телей |
| inst. instrumental | писа́телем | писа́телями |
| prep. prepositional | писа́теле | писа́телях |
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