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Top 500noun, masculine

оте́ц

[ɐˈtʲet͡s]father

Frequency rank #129 About 1 in every 1,000 words in Russian film and TV. The top 500 words make up 71.0% of everything said.
отец #129

Meaning

  1. father
  2. ancestor
  3. senior, superior, first of, chief, sensei

Examples

крёстный оте́ц

godfather

духо́вный оте́ц

confessor (see also духовник, исповедник)

Related

Forms by frequency

  • оте́цnominative, singular#191
  • отца́genitive, singular#398
  • отцо́мinstrumental, singular#945
  • отцу́dative, singular#1,587
  • отце́prepositional, singular#4,586
  • отцы́nominative, plural#10,262
  • о́тчеvocative, singular#11,512
  • отцо́вgenitive, plural#12,642
  • отца́миinstrumental, plural#45,323
  • отца́мdative, plural
  • отца́хprepositional, plural

Cases

CaseSingularPlural
Nominativeоте́цотцы́
Genitiveотца́отцо́в
Dativeотцу́отца́м
Accusativeотца́отцо́в
Instrumentalотцо́мотца́ми
Prepositionalотце́отца́х

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