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Russian
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Pronunciation
Noun
ота́ра • (otára) f inan (genitive ота́ры, nominative plural ота́ры, genitive plural ота́р)
- flock (of sheep)
- Synonym: ста́до (stádo)
1887, Антон Чехов [Anton Chekhov], Счастье; English translation from Constance Garnett, transl., Happiness, 1918:У широ́кой степно́й доро́ги, называ́емой больши́м шля́хом, ночева́ла ота́ра ове́ц.- U širókoj stepnój dorógi, nazyvájemoj bolʹším šljáxom, nočevála otára ovéc.
- A flock of sheep was spending the night on the broad steppe road that is called the great highway.
Declension