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се́рый

adjective
adverb се́ро
often used word (#507)

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grey

Also: dull, dim

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Том переда́л Мэри то́лстый се́рый конве́рт. Tom handed Mary a thick gray envelope.
Не́бо бы́ло се́рым. The sky was gray.
Слон се́рый. The elephant is grey.
Я вы́брал се́рую шля́пу. I picked out the gray hat.
Костю́м у него был се́рый, а га́лстук жёлтый. His suit was gray and his tie was yellow.
Они се́рые. They are gray.
Ла́мпа се́рая. The lamp is grey.
Пожило́й мужчи́на был «се́рым кардина́лом» в фи́льме «Волше́бник страны Оз». An old man was the éminence grise in the movie "The Wizard of Oz."
Се́рое хорошо сочета́ется с кра́сным. Gray goes well with red.
Почему некоторые перево́ды име́ют се́рый цвет? Why are some translations in grey?

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Declension

	mmasculin	ffeminin	nneuter	plplural
nom. nominative	се́рый	се́рая	се́рое	се́рые
gen. genitive	се́рого	се́рой	се́рого	се́рых
dat. dative	се́рому	се́рой	се́рому	се́рым
acc. accusative	се́рый се́рого	се́рую	се́рое	се́рые се́рых
inst. instrumental	се́рым	се́рой се́рою	се́рым	се́рыми
prep. prepositional	се́ром	се́рой	се́ром	се́рых