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Top 1,000adjective

больно́й

[bɐlʲˈnoj]sick, ill

Frequency rank #775 About 1 in every 8,300 words in Russian film and TV. The top 1,000 words make up 77.5% of everything said.
больной #775

Meaning

  1. sick, ill
  2. painful
  3. weak

Examples

Он больно́й, ему́ ну́жен врач.

He's sick, he needs a doctor.

Related

Forms by frequency

  • больно́neuter, short form#757
  • бо́ленmasculine, short form#2,607
  • больна́feminine, short form#3,843
  • больно́йnominative, masculine#4,150
  • больны́хgenitive, plural#8,785
  • больны́plural, short form#10,726
  • больны́мdative, plural#10,814
  • больна́яnominative, feminine#11,206
  • больны́еnominative, plural#13,328
  • больно́гоgenitive#15,436
  • больно́еnominative, neuter#23,369
  • больны́миinstrumental, plural#24,611
  • больну́юaccusative, feminine#34,119
  • больно́муdative#34,531

and 2 more forms

Cases

CaseSingularPlural
Nominativeбольны́е
Genitiveбольны́х
Dativeбольны́м
Accusativeбольны́х
Instrumentalбольны́ми
Prepositionalбольны́х

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