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со́тня

fairly common #1038B2
nounfeminineinanimatecountable
  • 1.

    a hundred, hundred (as a group)

    На пло́щадь пришли со́тни люде́й.

    Hundreds of people came to the square.

    Very often in the plural сотни 'hundreds (of)'.

  • 2.

    hundred-ruble note

    Он дал мне со́тню сда́чи.

    He gave me a hundred-ruble note as change.

    Colloquial.

  • 3.

    (raresquadron (of a hundred men)military

    Каза́чья со́тня дви́нулась вперёд.

    The Cossack squadron moved forward.

    In old Russia; its commander was a сотник.

Examples

Declension

SingularPlural
Nom.Nominative

со́тня

со́тни

Gen.Genitive

со́тни

со́тен

Dat.Dative

со́тне

со́тням

Acc.Accusative

со́тню

со́тни

Inst.Instrumental

со́тней

со́тнею

со́тнями

Prep.Prepositional

со́тне

со́тнях

Related words

See also

  • стоhundred 
  • со́ткаare (100 square metres); hundred (units of any measure); hundred-rouble note; one hundredth (of a unit of measure) 

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  • Iron edited translation 5 days ago.
  • luke.hess97 edited translation 2 years ago.
  • TonyUK edited translation 5 years ago.