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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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- Они иссле́довали пусты́ню в по́исках кла́да. They explored the desert in quest of buried treasure.
- Не броса́й меня в э́той пусты́не! Don't desert me here in the desert!
- Сахара - са́мая большая в ми́ре пусты́ня. The Sahara is the largest desert in the world.
- Песо́к в пусты́не быстро остыва́ет но́чью. Desert sand cools off rapidly at night.
- Она отва́живается жить одна в пусты́не. She is brave to live alone in the desert.
- 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.
- В э́той пусты́не вообще нет воды. There's no water at all in this desert.
- Том у́мер после того́, как наступи́л на скорпио́на в пусты́не. Tom died after stepping on a scorpion in the desert.
- Мне не хвата́ет тебя, как пусты́не — дождя́. I miss you like the deserts miss the rain.
- Пусты́ня Сахара почти така́я же кру́пная, как Евро́па. The Sahara Desert is almost as large as Europe.
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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