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Russian word of the day: Глупость

Feb 08, 2018 (see all)
глу́пость
[ glú-past' ]
Noun , feminine
stupidity, stupid action or thing, folly, foolishness, nonsense
Character

Examples

  • Не болта́й глу́постей!

    nye bal-táî glú-pas-tyeî

    You are talking nonsense! (Do not talk nonsense!)

  • Мне ка́жется, я сде́лала большу́ю глу́пость.

    mnye ká-zhee-tsa, ya sdyé-la-la bal'-shú-yu glú-past'

    I think I did a very stupid thing.

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Declension of the word глупость

Case Singular Plural
Nominative Nom. глу́пость глу́пости
Genitive Gen. глу́пости глу́постей
Dative Dat. глу́пости глу́постям
Accusative Acc. глу́пость глу́пости
Instrumental Inst. глу́постью глу́постями
Prepositional Prep. глу́пости глу́постях
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Same stem words

глу́пый [glú-pyi] Adjective
foolish, silly, stupid

Additional examples

  • Са́мые больши́е глу́пости де́лаются с серьёзным лицо́м.

    sá-my-ye bal'-shée-ye glú-pas-tee dyé-la-yu-tsa s seer'-yóz-nym lee-tsóm

    The stupidest things are done with a serious face.

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Related words
дура́читься to fool around, to play tricks, to play the fool
во́ля will, volition; liberty, freedom
язви́тельный caustic, biting, mordant, sarcastic
приве́тливый friendly, affable

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