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селя́нин

noun, masculine, animate

Very rarely used word (top 30,000)

Translation

peasant, villager

Examples

Селя́не собира́лись отмеча́ть пра́здник вина.Villagers were going to celebrate the wine festival.
Селя́не ве́рили в жизнь после сме́рти.The villagers believed in a life after death.

Declension

	singular	plural
nom.nominative	селя́нин	селя́не
gen.genitive	селя́нина	селя́н
dat.dative	селя́нину	селя́нам
acc.accusative	селя́нина	селя́н
inst.instrumental	селя́нином	селя́нами
prep.prepositional	селя́нине	селя́нах

Related words

се́льский - rural
село́ - village; A large peasant settlement is an economic and administrative center for the surrounding villages (in pre-revolutionary Russia a church was also a mandatory part of such a settlement).

Contributions

Dumbysol edited noun basics 2 years ago.

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