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санита́р

nounmasculineanimatecountable

feminine санита́рка

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  • 1.

    hospital orderly, hospital attendant, medical orderlymedicine

    Санита́р помо́г больному встать с крова́ти.

    The orderly helped the patient get out of bed.

    Low-level hospital staff who help move and care for patients; not a qualified nurse.

  • 2.

    medic, paramedic, hospital corpsmanmilitary

    Санита́ры вы́несли раненого с поля бо́я.

    The medics carried the wounded man off the battlefield.

    Someone giving first aid in the field; 'hospital corpsman' is the US Navy term.

Usage info

When referring to insects or animals, the term санита́р translates to "nature's cleaner."
Бо́жья коро́вка настоя́щий санита́р са́да; она́ поеда́ет тлю.
The ladybug is a true sanitarian of the garden; it eats aphids.

Examples

Declension

SingularPlural
Nom.Nominative

санита́р

санита́ры

Gen.Genitive

санита́ра

санита́ров

Dat.Dative

санита́ру

санита́рам

Acc.Accusative

санита́ра

санита́ров

Inst.Instrumental

санита́ром

санита́рами

Prep.Prepositional

санита́ре

санита́рах

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  • Iron edited translation 3 days ago.
  • Wade edited usage info 6 months ago.
  • Sandy edited translation 5 years ago.
  • Sandy edited translation 5 years ago.