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Top 1,000noun, feminine

ме́ра

[ˈmʲerə]a dry measure approximately equal to one pood of seeds, usually equated with the chetverik, standardized in 1902 as 26.239 liters

Frequency rank #556 About 1 in every 5,800 words in Russian film and TV. The top 1,000 words make up 77.5% of everything said.
мера #556

Meaning

  1. a dry measure approximately equal to one pood of seeds, usually equated with the chetverik, standardized in 1902 as 26.239 liters
  2. measure
  3. degree, extent, limit

Examples

знать ме́ру

to know when to stop

Related

Forms by frequency

  • ме́реdative, singular#708
  • ме́рыnominative, plural#3,971
  • ме́рgenitive, plural#5,594
  • ме́раnominative, singular#19,245
  • ме́руaccusative, singular#23,658
  • ме́рамdative, plural
  • ме́ройinstrumental, singular
  • ме́роюinstrumental, singular
  • ме́рамиinstrumental, plural
  • ме́рахprepositional, plural

Cases

CaseSingularPlural
Nominativeме́раме́ры
Genitiveме́рыме́р
Dativeме́реме́рам
Accusativeме́руме́ры
Instrumentalме́ройме́рами
Prepositionalме́реме́рах

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