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я́щерица

noun, feminine, animate
very rarely used word (top 20000)

Noun basics

Gender: none/unknown masculine feminine both (m & f) neuter plural only

Is it living?: (unknown) inanimate animate

Noun gender partner (e.g. кошка for кот):

Animals

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lizard

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Веретеница - э́то безно́гая я́щерица, а не змея. A slow-worm is a limbless lizard, not a snake.
Все я́щерицы мо́гут откла́дывать яйца. All lizards can lay eggs.
У неё есть татуиро́вка в ви́де я́щерицы на бедре́. She has a tattoo of a lizard on her thigh.
Если отрезать хвост я́щерице, он снова отрастёт. If you cut the tail off of a lizard, it will grow back.
Я́щерица вскара́бкалась по стене и юркну́ла в дыру́. The lizard climbed along the wall and went into a hole.
Крокоди́лы, змеи, я́щерицы и черепа́хи - э́то репти́лии. Crocodiles, snakes, lizards and turtles are reptiles.

Declension

Normal Singular only Plural only Indeclinable

	singular	plural
nom. nominative	я́щерица	я́щерицы
gen. genitive	я́щерицы	я́щериц
dat. dative	я́щерице	я́щерицам
acc. accusative	я́щерицу	я́щериц
inst. instrumental	я́щерицей я́щерицею	я́щерицами
prep. prepositional	я́щерице	я́щерицах

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