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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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- Жуки́, ба́бочки и тарака́ны - насеко́мые. Beetles, butterflies and cockroaches are insects.
- Она раздави́ла тарака́на. She squished a cockroach.
- Я ду́маю, э́то еди́нственный спо́соб изба́виться от тарака́нов. I think this is the only way to get rid of cockroaches.
- Э́тот чу́дик разво́дит тарака́нов в спи́чечном коробке. That weirdo breeds cockroaches in a matchbox.
- Тарака́нов есть безопасно? Is it safe to eat cockroaches?
- Днём тарака́ны пря́чутся. Cockroaches hide themselves during the day.
- Э́то пра́вда, что у тарака́нов нет кры́льев? Is it true that cockroaches don't have wings?
- На ку́хне много тарака́нов. There are many cockroaches in the kitchen.
- 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.
- Есть тарака́нов - плоха́я иде́я? Is eating cockroaches a bad idea?
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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