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nounfeminineinanimateuncountablenoun in -ь
  • 1.

    host, army, array (of troops)military

    На би́тву вы́шла вся кня́жеская рать.

    The prince's whole host marched out to battle.

    Archaic and poetic; used of old Russian armies. "Array" and "host" are the elevated equivalents.

  • 2.

    (rarebattle, warmilitary

    Князь пошёл на рать.

    The prince went off to war.

    Obsolete; survives in set expressions like идти на рать.

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Nom.Nominative

ра́ть

ра́ти

Gen.Genitive

ра́ти

ра́тей

Dat.Dative

ра́ти

ра́тям

Acc.Accusative

ра́ть

ра́ти

Inst.Instrumental

ра́тью

ра́тями

Prep.Prepositional

ра́ти

ра́тях

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  • Iron edited translation 3 days ago.