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тенёта

rare #39427nounneuterinanimatecountablefake feminineplural-only noun

1.
hunting nets, trapping net, snarehunting
Охо́тники расста́вили тенёта на за́йцев.
The hunters set nets for hares.
Used only in the plural; belongs to older or folk hunting vocabulary.
2.
snares, toils, fettersformalfigurative
Он попа́л в тенёта лжи.
He got caught in the snares of lies.

Examples

Птица попала в тенёта охотника.
The bird was caught in the hunter’s snare.
Он попал в тенёта собственной лжи.
He became ensnared in his own lies.
Паук раскинул тенёта между ветками.
The spider spun its web between the branches.

Declension

This noun exists in plural form only.

	Singular	Plural
Nom.Nominative		тенёта
Gen.Genitive		тенёт
Dat.Dative		тенётам
Acc.Accusative		тенёта
Inst.Instrumental		тенётами
Prep.Prepositional		тенётах

Related words

Synonyms

сетьnet; network; chain; signal; toils

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Contributions

Iron edited translation 2 months ago.
Dumbysol edited noun basics and declension 3 years ago.
Lisa edited declension 6 years ago.
Lisa edited noun basics and declension 6 years ago.

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More about the translations

cobweb fetters hunting net nets s snare snares spider toils trapping web