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Top 1,000adjective

гла́вный

[ˈɡɫavnɨj]chief, leading, main, principal, head, central

Frequency rank #652 About 1 in every 6,900 words in Russian film and TV. The top 1,000 words make up 77.5% of everything said.
главный #652

Meaning

  1. chief, leading, main, principal, head, central

Examples

Кто здесь гла́вный?

Who's in charge here?

Related

Forms by frequency

  • гла́вноеnominative, neuter#1,158
  • гла́вныйnominative, masculine#1,477
  • гла́внымdative, plural#3,985
  • гла́внаяnominative, feminine#4,005
  • гла́вногоgenitive#4,647
  • гла́внойgenitive, feminine#5,309
  • гла́вныхgenitive, plural#9,379
  • гла́внуюaccusative, feminine#9,565
  • гла́вныеnominative, plural#11,061
  • гла́вномprepositional#14,843
  • гла́вномуdative#15,731
  • гла́внымиinstrumental, plural#39,279
  • гла́вноюinstrumental, feminine
  • гла́венmasculine, short form

and 3 more forms

Cases

CaseSingularPlural
Nominativeгла́вные
Genitiveгла́вных
Dativeгла́вным
Accusativeгла́вных
Instrumentalгла́вными
Prepositionalгла́вных

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