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суть

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nounfeminineinanimateuncountablenoun in -ь
  • 1.

    essence, gist, point, heart of the matter

    Ты не по́нял су́ти вопро́са.

    You haven't grasped the point of the question.

    Often in суть дела / суть вопроса.

  • 2.

    in essence, basically, actually

    По су́ти дела, он прав.

    Basically, he is right.

    Set phrase по сути (дела), used as an adverbial.

Usage info

По сути: in the essence/ in fact

Examples

Declension

SingularPlural
Nom.Nominative

су́ть

су́ти

Gen.Genitive

су́ти

су́тей

Dat.Dative

су́ти

су́тям

Acc.Accusative

су́ть

су́ти

Inst.Instrumental

су́тью

су́тями

Prep.Prepositional

су́ти

су́тях

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Contributions

  • Iron edited translation 2 weeks ago.
  • kraintrain99 edited translation 3 years ago.
  • drvuquangson edited usage info 3 years ago.
  • Sandy edited related words 3 years ago.