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noun, male, animate
rarely used word (#6440)
rarely used word (#6440)
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cockroach
Also: black-beetle
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- Она раздави́ла тарака́на. She squished a cockroach.
- В ва́нной тарака́н. There's a cockroach in the bathroom.
- В за́ле заседа́ний я обнару́жил до́хлого тарака́на. I have found a dead cockroach in the meeting room.
- Я ду́маю, э́то еди́нственный спо́соб изба́виться от тарака́нов. I think this is the only way to get rid of cockroaches.
- По слова́м старика́, кото́рого я повстреча́л вчера́, тарака́нов можно есть, и они не так уж и плохи на вкус. According to the old man I met yesterday, cockroaches can be eaten and don't taste all that bad.
- Что вы зна́ете о тарака́нах? What do you know about cockroaches?
- Когда де́ло дохо́дит до тарака́нов, я становлю́сь тру́сом. I'm a coward when it comes to cockroaches.
- Как ты уби́л тарака́на? How did you kill the cockroach?
- Тарака́ны - насеко́мые. Cockroaches are insects.
- На меня зале́з тарака́н! A cockroach has climbed up on me!
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nom. nominative | тарака́н | тарака́ны |
| gen. genitive | тарака́на | тарака́нов |
| dat. dative | тарака́ну | тарака́нам |
| acc. accusative | тарака́на | тарака́нов |
| inst. instrumental | тарака́ном | тарака́нами |
| prep. prepositional | тарака́не | тарака́нах |
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