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толк

fairly common #2698B2
nounmasculineinanimateuncountable
  • 1.

    sense, point, use

    Како́й в э́том толк?

    What's the point of this?

    Common in questions like «какой в этом толк?» and in «знать толк в чём-л.» (know a lot about sth).

  • 2.

    rumour, talk, gossip

    Об э́том хо́дят ра́зные то́лки.

    There are all sorts of rumours about it.

    Usually plural: толки.

  • 3.

    persuasion, orientation, currentreligion

    христиа́нство правосла́вного то́лка

    Christianity of the Orthodox persuasion

    Often in the genitive: «... толка».

  • 4.

    (rarepush, shove, nudge

    Я его толк в бок.

    I gave him a nudge in the ribs.

    Verbal interjection standing for a sudden action, colloquial and expressive.

Usage info

толк + в + предложный падеж
знать толк в чём? в спорте، в кулинарии,

Examples

Declension

SingularPlural
Nom.Nominative

то́лк

то́лки

Gen.Genitive

то́лка

то́лков

Dat.Dative

то́лку

то́лкам

Acc.Accusative

то́лк

то́лки

Inst.Instrumental

то́лком

то́лками

Prep.Prepositional

то́лке

то́лках

Fixed expressions

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