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Russian
Alternative forms
Etymology
Deverbal from заня́ть (zanjátʹ)
Pronunciation
Noun
заня́тие • (zanjátije) n inan (genitive заня́тия, nominative plural заня́тия, genitive plural заня́тий)
- occupation, work, business (activity or task with which one occupies oneself)
- Synonyms: де́ятельность (déjatelʹnostʹ), де́ло (délo), времяпрепровожде́ние (vremjapreprovoždénije)
- exercise
- (in the plural) lessons, lectures, school
- Synonyms: урок (urok), час (čas), класс (klass)
- (military) capture
- Synonyms: взя́тие (vzjátije), оккупа́ция (okkupácija), захва́т (zaxvát)
Declension
Related terms
- заёмщик (zajómščik), заём (zajóm)
- заня́тный (zanjátnyj), занимате́льный (zanimatélʹnyj), занято́й (zanjatój), за́нятый (zánjatyj)
- заня́ть (zanjátʹ), занима́ть (zanimátʹ), вынима́ть (vynimátʹ), обнима́ть (obnimátʹ), понима́ть (ponimátʹ), разнима́ть (raznimátʹ)
- заня́тно (zanjátno), занима́тельно (zanimátelʹno)