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Top 500noun, feminine

мину́та

[mʲɪˈnutə]minute

Frequency rank #224 About 1 in every 2,100 words in Russian film and TV. The top 500 words make up 71.0% of everything said.
минута #224

Meaning

  1. minute
  2. moment, instant

Examples

Че́рез две мину́ты Наста́сья вороти́лась с су́пом и объяви́ла, что сейча́с и чай бу́дет.

In a couple of minutes Nastasya returned with the soup, and announced that the tea would be ready directly.

Related

Forms by frequency

  • мину́тgenitive, plural#359
  • мину́туaccusative, singular#752
  • мину́тыnominative, plural#1,270
  • мину́таnominative, singular#5,298
  • мину́тахprepositional, plural#12,127
  • мину́тойinstrumental, singular#18,700
  • мину́теdative, singular#39,900
  • мину́тамиinstrumental, plural#41,594
  • мину́тамdative, plural
  • мину́тоюinstrumental, singular

Cases

CaseSingularPlural
Nominativeмину́тамину́ты
Genitiveмину́тымину́т
Dativeмину́темину́там
Accusativeмину́тумину́ты
Instrumentalмину́тоймину́тами
Prepositionalмину́темину́тах

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