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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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- Верблюд- э́то, так сказа́ть, кора́бль в пусты́не. A camel is, so to speak, a ship on the desert.
- Пусты́ню оку́тали сумерки. Dusk fell over the desert.
- От тебя я бы не при́нял даже стака́на воды в пусты́не. I wouldn't take a glass of water in the desert from you.
- Верблю́дов часто испо́льзуют для путеше́ствия по пусты́не. Camels are often used to travel in the desert.
- Карава́н из пятидесяти верблю́дов неторопливо двигался по пусты́не. A caravan of fifty camels slowly made its way through the desert.
- Перехо́д через ту пусты́ню опа́сен. Crossing that desert is dangerous.
- Они иссле́довали пусты́ню в по́исках кла́да. They explored the desert in quest of buried treasure.
- Госуда́рство Изра́иль — э́то не пусты́ня, по кото́рой е́здят на верблю́дах. The state of Israel is not a big desert where people get around on camels.
- Сахара - са́мая большая в ми́ре пусты́ня. The Sahara is the largest desert in the world.
- Э́тот метеори́т нашли́ в пусты́не Сахара. This meteorite was found in the Sahara Desert.
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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