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noun, female, inanimate
somewhat often used word (#2604)
somewhat often used word (#2604)
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desert
Also: waste, wilderness
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- Собираясь заня́ться автосто́пом в пусты́не, не забу́дьте захвати́ть с собой побольше воды. If you go hiking in the desert, be sure to take plenty of water.
- Э́та пусты́ня напомина́ет пове́рхность луны. That desert looks like the surface of the moon.
- Мне не хвата́ет тебя, как пусты́не — дождя́. I miss you like the deserts miss the rain.
- Сахара - са́мая большая в ми́ре пусты́ня. The Sahara is the largest desert in the world.
- Она отва́живается жить одна в пусты́не. She is brave to live alone in the desert.
- Перехо́д через ту пусты́ню опа́сен. Crossing that desert is dangerous.
- Верблю́дов часто испо́льзуют для путеше́ствия по пусты́не. Camels are often used to travel in the desert.
- Пусты́ня Сахара почти така́я же кру́пная, как Евро́па. The Sahara Desert is almost as large as Europe.
- Через не́сколько часо́в облака рассе́ялись, и вы́глянуло со́лнце, и вся пусты́ня па́хла озо́ном. A few hours after the clouds cleared and the sun came out, and the desert smelled of ozone.
- Пусты́ня Атакама на се́вере Чи́ли — самое сухо́е ме́сто на Земле́. The Atacama Desert in northern Chile is the driest place on Earth.
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nom. nominative | пусты́ня | пусты́ни |
| gen. genitive | пусты́ни | пусты́нь |
| dat. dative | пусты́не | пусты́ням |
| acc. accusative | пусты́ню | пусты́ни |
| inst. instrumental |
пусты́ней пусты́нею |
пусты́нями |
| prep. prepositional | пусты́не | пусты́нях |
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