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noun, neuter, inanimate
rarely used word (#5788)
rarely used word (#5788)
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The examples in this format please: Ру'сский текст - english text
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electricity
Also: electric light
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- Сего́дня она получи́ла счёт за электри́чество. She received the electricity bill today.
- Провода слу́жат для переда́чи электри́чества. Wires are used to convey electricity.
- Иску́сственный свет производится с по́мощью электри́чества. Artificial light is produced by electricity.
- Вы мо́жете себе предста́вить, на что была́ бы похо́жа наша жизнь, не будь электри́чества? Can you imagine what our life would be like without electricity?
- В да́нный моме́нт электри́чество отключено. The electricity is off at the moment.
- В ко́мнате нет электри́чества. There is no electricity in the room.
- Не могу́ предста́вить себе бу́дущее без электри́чества. I can't imagine a future with no electricity.
- Испо́льзование электри́чества, сказа́л челове́к с бонгами, грехо́вное извраще́ние ресу́рсов земли. Harnessing electricity, said the man with the bongos, is a sinful perversion of the earth's resources.
- Том пошёл в подва́л и отключи́л электри́чество. Tom went down to the basement and shut the power.
- В дере́вне нет электри́чества. The village has no electricity.
Declension
This noun exists in singular form only
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nom. nominative | электри́чество | - |
| gen. genitive | электри́чества | - |
| dat. dative | электри́честву | - |
| acc. accusative | электри́чество | - |
| inst. instrumental | электри́чеством | - |
| prep. prepositional | электри́честве | - |
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