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о́ба

[ˈobə]both

Frequency rank #311 About 1 in every 3,000 words in Russian film and TV. The top 500 words make up 71.0% of everything said.
оба #311

Meaning

  1. both

Examples

— Как похо́жи брат с сестро́й! — сказа́л граф. — И как хороши́ о́ба!

“How like the brother is to the sister,” remarked the count. “And how handsome they both are!”

Forms by frequency

  • о́баnominative, plural#542
  • обо́ихgenitive, plural#1,358
  • о́беnominative, feminine, plural#1,853
  • обо́имdative, plural#3,664
  • обе́ихgenitive, feminine, plural#5,126
  • обо́имиinstrumental, plural#12,317
  • обе́имdative, feminine, plural#16,499
  • обе́имиinstrumental, feminine, plural#16,880
  • обо́егоgenitive

Cases

CaseSingularPlural
Nominativeо́ба
Genitiveобо́их
Dativeобо́им
Accusativeобо́их
Instrumentalобо́ими
Prepositionalобо́их

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