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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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- Когда де́ло дохо́дит до тарака́нов, я становлю́сь тру́сом. I'm a coward when it comes to cockroaches.
- Тарака́нов есть безопасно? Is it safe to eat cockroaches?
- В ва́нной тарака́н. There's a cockroach in the bathroom.
- Э́то пра́вда, что у тарака́нов нет кры́льев? Is it true that cockroaches don't have wings?
- Мэри уби́ла тарака́на боти́нком. Mary killed the cockroach with a shoe.
- Я ду́маю, э́то еди́нственный спо́соб изба́виться от тарака́нов. I think this is the only way to get rid of cockroaches.
- Тарака́ны - э́то насеко́мые. Cockroaches are insects.
- Как вы уби́ли тарака́на? How did you kill the cockroach?
- Пове́рить не могу́, что ты фотографи́руешь тарака́нов. I can't believe you're taking pictures of cockroaches.
- 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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