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Top 500noun, feminine

же́ртва

[ˈʐɛrtvə]sacrifice

Frequency rank #467 About 1 in every 4,700 words in Russian film and TV. The top 500 words make up 71.0% of everything said.
жертва #467

Meaning

  1. sacrifice
  2. victim
  3. casualty

Examples

Обыкнове́нно в пятой луне́, по оконча́нии полевы́х рабо́т, прино́сят же́ртву духам.

The fifth moon, after the fieldwork is done, they usually offer a sacrifice to the spirits.

Forms by frequency

  • же́ртвыnominative, plural#1,462
  • же́ртваnominative, singular#1,724
  • же́ртвgenitive, plural#2,517
  • же́ртвуaccusative, singular#2,777
  • же́ртвойinstrumental, singular#3,899
  • же́ртвеdative, singular#8,864
  • же́ртвамиinstrumental, plural#10,036
  • же́ртвамdative, plural#19,157
  • же́ртвахprepositional, plural#24,653
  • же́ртвоюinstrumental, singular

Cases

CaseSingularPlural
Nominativeже́ртваже́ртвы
Genitiveже́ртвыже́ртв
Dativeже́ртвеже́ртвам
Accusativeже́ртвуже́ртв
Instrumentalже́ртвойже́ртвами
Prepositionalже́ртвеже́ртвах

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