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"Speech" in Russian

Russian word of the day | Dec 28, 2022 (see all)
речь
[ ryech ]
Noun , feminine
speech

Morphemic analysis

речь
root: речь

Etymology

Formed from the common Slavic verb "rekti" (to speak).

Examples of "Speech" in Russian

  • От уви́денного мы потеря́ли дар ре́чи.

    at u-vée-deen-na-va my pa-tee-ryá-lee dar ryé-chee

    From what we saw, we were speechless.

    Lit.: From what we saw, we lost the gift of speech.

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  • О чём идёт речь?

    a chyom ee-dyót ryech'

    What is it about?

    Lit.: About what the speech is going?

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Declension of the word речь

Case Singular Plural
Nominative Nom. речь ре́чи
Genitive Gen. ре́чи рече́й
Dative Dat. ре́чи реча́м
Accusative Acc. речь ре́чи
Instrumental Inst. ре́чью реча́ми
Prepositional Prep. ре́чи реча́х

Same stem words

красноречи́вый [kras-na-ree-chée-vyî] Adjective
eloquent; expressive; telltale

Additional examples

  • Тебе́ сто́ит отрепети́ровать речь, е́сли ты не хо́чешь опростоволо́ситься.

    tee-byé stó-eet at-ree-pee-tée-ra-vat' ryech, yés-lee ty nye hó-chesh a-pra-sta-va-ló-see-tsa

    You should rehearse the speech if you do not want to mess up.

  • От тако́й неслы́ханной де́рзости учи́тель потеря́л дар ре́чи.

    at ta-kóî nee-slý-han-naî dyér-zas-tee u-chée-teel' pa-tee-ryál dar ryé-chee

    The teacher became speechless from such unprecedented impudence.

  • Ребёнок подхва́тывает услы́шанные им зву́ки из ре́чи взро́слых и повторя́ет их.

    ree-byó-nak pat-hvá-ty-va-eet us-lý-shan-ny-ye eem zvú-kee eez ryé-chee vzrós-lyh ee pav-ta-ryá-eet eeh

    The child picks up the sounds he hears from the speech of adults and repeats them.

  • У меня́ у́ши вя́нут от его́ рече́й.

    u mee-nyá ú-shee vyá-nut at ye-vó ree-chei

    I'm getting sick from hearing his speeches.

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