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Top 1,000noun, masculine

дух

[ˈdux]spirit

Frequency rank #795 About 1 in every 8,600 words in Russian film and TV. The top 1,000 words make up 77.5% of everything said.
дух #795

Meaning

  1. spirit
  2. mind
  3. courage

Examples

боево́й дух

morale

перевести́ дух

to catch one's breath; to take a breather

Related

Forms by frequency

  • ду́хnominative, singular#2,170
  • ду́шеvocative, singular#2,256
  • ду́хеprepositional, singular#3,556
  • ду́хаgenitive, singular#5,052
  • ду́хиnominative, plural#6,509
  • ду́хомinstrumental, singular#7,599
  • ду́ховgenitive, plural#8,198
  • ду́хуdative, singular#11,465
  • ду́хамиinstrumental, plural#20,036
  • ду́хамdative, plural
  • ду́хахprepositional, plural

Cases

CaseSingularPlural
Nominativeду́хду́хи
Genitiveду́хаду́хов
Dativeду́худу́хам
Accusativeду́хаду́хов
Instrumentalду́хомду́хами
Prepositionalду́хеду́хах

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