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дети

/[ˈdʲetʲɪ]/
Russiannoun

Grammatical form

дети is the nominative plural form of ребёнок — “child, kid, baby: children, kids, babies.

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дети is the nominative plural form of дитя́ — “child, baby, kid (also used ironically or in similes).

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Definitions of ребёнок noun · [rʲɪˈbʲɵnək]

Full entry for ребёнок
  1. 1.child, kid, baby: children, kids, babies
  2. 2.(plural ребя́та) guys, fellows, friends, comrades

Etymology of ребёнок

Inherited from Old East Slavic робѧ (robę), diminutive of робъ (robŭ, “slave”) from Proto-Slavic *orbę. Compare with па́робок (párobok, “lad”) (dialectal). The relationship with "slave" could arise from the meaning "orphan" because orphans carried out the hard work in the household.

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *děti.

Forms

  • де́тиanimate • canonical • neuter • plural
  • détiromanization
  • дѣ́тиalternative

Paradigm of ребёнок, with дети highlighted:

Nominative
Singular
ребёнок
Plural
де́ти, ребя́та^*, ребя́та
Genitive
Singular
ребёнка
Plural
дете́й, ребя́т^*, ребя́т
Dative
Singular
ребёнку
Plural
де́тям, ребя́там
Accusative
Singular
ребёнка
Plural
дете́й, ребя́т
Instrumental
Singular
ребёнком
Plural
детьми́, ребя́тами
Prepositional
Singular
ребёнке
Plural
де́тях, ребя́тах

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