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noun, female, inanimate
very often used word (#299)
very often used word (#299)
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The examples in this format please: Ру'сский текст - english text
The examples in this format please: Ру'сский текст - english text
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death
Also: decease
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- Я всегда готов к сме́рти. I'm always ready for death.
- Дие́та явля́ется причи́ной более чем миллио́на смерте́й. Diet accounts for more than one million deaths.
- Смерть - вели́кий уравнитель. Death is the great leveler.
- Я против испо́льзования сме́рти в ка́честве наказа́ния. Я также против ее испо́льзования как награ́ды. I am against using death as a punishment. I am also against using it as a reward.
- Лю́ди иногда сра́внивают смерть со сном. People sometimes compare death to sleep.
- Тот, кто жа́ждет сме́рти, - жа́лок, но ещё более жа́лок тот, кто её бои́тся. One who longs for death is miserable, but more miserable is he who fears it.
- Мо́жем ли мы найти́ ра́дость вопреки страда́нию и сме́рти? Can we find joy in spite of suffering and death?
- Мы стоя́ли лицо́м к лицу́ со сме́ртью. We stood face to face with death.
- Мы бы́ли потрясены изве́стием о его сме́рти. We were shocked at the news of his death.
- Смерть предпочти́тельна тако́му страда́нию. Death is preferable to such suffering.
Declension
Note: Stress change
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nom. nominative | сме́рть | сме́рти |
| gen. genitive | сме́рти | смерте́й |
| dat. dative | сме́рти | смертя́м |
| acc. accusative | сме́рть | сме́рти |
| inst. instrumental | сме́ртью | смертя́ми |
| prep. prepositional | сме́рти | смертя́х |
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