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Top 100noun, feminine

жизнь

[ˈʐɨzʲ(ɪ)nʲ]life

Frequency rank #99 About 1 in every 810 words in Russian film and TV. The top 100 words make up 53.1% of everything said.
жизнь #99

Meaning

  1. life
  2. practice

Examples

Такова́ жизнь.

That’s life.

претворя́ть/претвори́ть в жизнь/де́ло

to realize, to implement, to carry out, to put into practice

Related

Forms by frequency

  • жи́зньnominative, singular#157
  • жи́зниnominative, plural#206
  • жи́зньюinstrumental, singular#1,323
  • жи́знейgenitive, plural#5,078
  • жи́знямиinstrumental, plural#11,515
  • жи́зняхprepositional, plural#25,577
  • жи́знямdative, plural

Cases

CaseSingularPlural
Nominativeжи́зньжи́зни
Genitiveжи́знижи́зней
Dativeжи́знижи́зням
Accusativeжи́зньжи́зни
Instrumentalжи́зньюжи́знями
Prepositionalжи́знижи́знях

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