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Top 500noun, feminine

па́ра

[ˈparə]pair, couple

Frequency rank #264 About 1 in every 2,500 words in Russian film and TV. The top 500 words make up 71.0% of everything said.
пара #264

Meaning

  1. pair, couple
  2. the other, second object associated with another to form a pair; the fellow of an object in a set of two
  3. match, partner, equal

Examples

па́ра э́той перча́тке

the other glove [which matches this glove]; this glove's fellow

найти́ себе́ подходя́щую па́ру

to find a suitable match (romantic partner) for oneself

Related

Forms by frequency

  • па́руaccusative, singular#366
  • па́раnominative, singular#1,108
  • па́рыnominative, plural#3,459
  • па́ройinstrumental, singular#5,267
  • па́реdative, singular#6,387
  • па́рgenitive, plural#6,507
  • па́рамиinstrumental, plural#27,371
  • па́рахprepositional, plural#37,165
  • па́рамdative, plural#43,827
  • па́роюinstrumental, singular

Cases

CaseSingularPlural
Nominativeпа́рапа́ры
Genitiveпа́рыпа́р
Dativeпа́репа́рам
Accusativeпа́рупа́ры
Instrumentalпа́ройпа́рами
Prepositionalпа́репа́рах

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