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сын

noun, masculine, animate
daily used word (top 300)

Noun basics

Gender: none/unknown masculine feminine both (m & f) neuter plural only

Is it living?: (unknown) inanimate animate

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

A2 Family

Translation

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son

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Она ве́рит, что её сын всё ещё жив. She believes her son is still alive.
Мой сын - журнали́ст. My son is a journalist.
Он рассказа́л своему́ сы́ну интере́сную исто́рию. He told his son an interesting story.
У Павла три сы́на. Они очень похо́жи. Paul has three sons. They look very much alike.
Она обеспокоена здоро́вьем своего́ сы́на. She is concerned about her son's health.
Он был так за́нят, что посла́л вместо себя своего́ сы́на. He was so busy that he sent his son instead of going himself.
Мы его сыновья́. We are his sons.
Он оста́вил своему́ сы́ну состоя́ние. He left his son a fortune.
Мой сын теперь с меня ро́стом. My son is now as tall as I am.
Я не могу́ смотре́ть на тебя, не думая о моём мертвом сы́не. I never see you without thinking of my dead son.

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Declension

Normal Singular only Plural only Indeclinable

Note: Stress change

	singular	plural
nom. nominative	сы́н	сыновья́
gen. genitive	сы́на	сынове́й
dat. dative	сы́ну	сыновья́м
acc. accusative	сы́на	сынове́й
inst. instrumental	сы́ном	сыновья́ми
prep. prepositional	сы́не	сыновья́х