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Top 1,000adjective

ста́рший

[ˈstarʂɨj]elder, older, senior

Frequency rank #790 About 1 in every 8,500 words in Russian film and TV. The top 1,000 words make up 77.5% of everything said.
старший #790

Meaning

  1. elder, older, senior
  2. eldest, oldest
  3. higher, highest

Examples

Мой ста́рший брат живёт в Пи́тере.

My older brother lives in St. Petersburg.

Related

Forms by frequency

  • ста́ршийnominative, masculine#2,580
  • ста́ршейgenitive, feminine#6,722
  • ста́ршихgenitive, plural#7,460
  • ста́ршегоgenitive#8,401
  • ста́ршаяnominative, feminine#8,517
  • ста́ршимdative, plural#11,060
  • ста́ршиеnominative, plural#17,890
  • ста́ршуюaccusative, feminine#23,469
  • ста́ршемуdative#28,666
  • ста́ршееnominative, neuter
  • ста́ршеюinstrumental, feminine
  • ста́ршимиinstrumental, plural
  • ста́ршемprepositional

Cases

CaseSingularPlural
Nominativeста́ршие
Genitiveста́рших
Dativeста́ршим
Accusativeста́рших
Instrumentalста́ршими
Prepositionalста́рших

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