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дорого́й

[dərɐˈɡoj]dear, precious

Frequency rank #412 About 1 in every 4,100 words in Russian film and TV. The top 500 words make up 71.0% of everything said.
дорогой #412

Meaning

  1. dear, precious
  2. expensive

Examples

И она́ посмотре́ла на него́ так, сло́вно хоте́ла в па́мяти его́ воскреси́ть дороги́е и гро́зные мгнове́ния.

And she looked at him as if she wanted to resurrect precious and terrible moments in her memory.

Forms by frequency

  • дорога́яnominative, feminine#497
  • дорого́йnominative, masculine#654
  • до́рогиplural, short form#1,299
  • дорога́feminine, short form#2,515
  • до́рогоneuter, short form#3,571
  • дороги́еnominative, plural#4,259
  • до́рогmasculine, short form#7,308
  • дорого́еnominative, neuter#11,617
  • дорого́гоgenitive#15,675
  • дороги́хgenitive, plural#18,762
  • дороги́мdative, plural#25,173
  • дорогу́юaccusative, feminine#25,429
  • дорого́муdative#43,217
  • дороги́миinstrumental, plural#47,399

and 2 more forms

Cases

CaseSingularPlural
Nominativeдороги́е
Genitiveдороги́х
Dativeдороги́м
Accusativeдороги́х
Instrumentalдороги́ми
Prepositionalдороги́х

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