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а б в г д е ё ж з и й к л м н о п р с т у ф х ц ч ш щ ъ ы ь э ю я

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Mark the stress in russian words with a ' character behind the vowel, e.g. ру'чки, this will be converted to ру́чки. Leave out the stress when it is unambiguous, which is when the word contains ё or only one vowel (the vowels are а, я, э, е, ы, и, о, ё, у and ю).

суть

noun, female, inanimate
somewhat often used word (#1536)

Noun basics

Noun gender partner (e.g. кошка for кот):

Is it living?: (unknown) inanimate animate

Translation

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essence

Also: gist, point

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Examples

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Он объясни́л суть мне. He explained the matter to me.
Вместо того́, чтобы ходи́ть вокруг да около, Джонс сразу перешел к су́ти. Instead of beating around the bush, Jones got straight to the point.
Э́то очень просто, если улови́л суть. It's a snap once you get the hang of it.
Перейду́ прямо к су́ти дела. I'll come right to the point.
Ты искажа́ешь суть мои́х слов. You're twisting my words.
Она разъясни́ла мне суть дела. She explained the matter to me.
По су́ти, он бо́лен. In fact, he is sick.
Я не ду́маю, что в э́том суть. I don't think that's the point.
Суть в том, что они слишком ю́ны. The point is they're too young.
Если кто-либо спро́сит, в чем суть исто́рии, я действительно не зна́ю. If anyone was to ask what the point of the story is, I really don't know.

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Declension

Normal Singular only Plural only Indeclinable

	singular	plural
nom. nominative	су́ть	су́ти
gen. genitive	су́ти	су́тей
dat. dative	су́ти	су́тям
acc. accusative	су́ть	су́ти
inst. instrumental	су́тью	су́тями
prep. prepositional	су́ти	су́тях