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черта

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See also: чертя and чёрта

Bulgarian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *čьrta.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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черта́ (čertáf (diminutive черти́ца)

  1. line
  2. boundary
  3. trait, feature, characteristic

Declension

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Declension of черта́
singular plural
indefinite черта́
čertá
черти́
čertí
definite черта́та
čertáta
черти́те
čertíte

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Russian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [t͡ɕɪrˈta]
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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Old East Slavic чьрта (čĭrta), from Proto-Slavic *čьrta.

Noun

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черта́ (čertáf inan (genitive черты́, nominative plural черты́ or че́рты*, genitive plural черт, diminutive чёрточка) (* Common but non-standard)

  1. line
  2. boundary, precinct
  3. trait, streak, feature
    • 1967 [1894], Владимир Ленин [Vladimir Lenin], “Выпуск I”, in Что такое «друзья народа» и как они воюют против социал-демократов? (В. И. Ленин – Полное собрание сочинений; 1), page 153; English translation from “Part I”, in What the “Friends of the People” Are and How They Fight the Social-Democrats (V. I. Lenin – Collected Works; 1), translation of original in Russian, 1977, page 154:
      Нет ничего характернее для буржуа, как перенесение черт современных порядков на все времена и народы.
      Net ničevo xarakterneje dlja buržua, kak perenesenije čert sovremennyx porjadkov na vse vremena i narody.
      Nothing is more characteristic of the bourgeois than the application of the features of the modern system to all times and peoples.
  4. stroke (particularly of a Chinese character)
Declension
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Etymology 2

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Noun

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черта́ (čertám anim

  1. genitive singular of чёрт (čort)
  2. genitive singular of чорт (čort)