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Top 500pronoun

са́мый

[ˈsamɨj]the very

Frequency rank #163 About 1 in every 1,400 words in Russian film and TV. The top 500 words make up 71.0% of everything said.
самый #163

Meaning

  1. the very
  2. the most

Examples

Я живу́ в са́мом це́нтре го́рода у са́мого па́рка.

I live in the very centre of town right by the park.

Санкт-Петербу́рг са́мый краси́вый го́род в Росси́и.

Saint Petersburg is the most beautiful city in Russia.

Forms by frequency

  • са́момprepositional#284
  • са́моеnominative, neuter#389
  • са́мыйnominative, masculine#561
  • са́могоgenitive#842
  • са́маяnominative, feminine#991
  • са́мойgenitive, feminine#1,187
  • са́мыеnominative, plural#1,538
  • са́мыхgenitive, plural#1,609
  • са́мымdative, plural#1,716
  • са́момуdative#2,420
  • са́муюaccusative, feminine#3,317
  • са́мымиinstrumental, plural#9,799
  • са́моюinstrumental, feminine

Cases

CaseSingularPlural
Nominativeса́мые
Genitiveса́мых
Dativeса́мым
Accusativeса́мых
Instrumentalса́мыми
Prepositionalса́мых

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