полдюжины

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Russian

Etymology

пол- (pol-, “half”) +‎ дю́жина (djúžina, “dozen”), with дю́жина (djúžina) placed in the genitive case. Oblique cases based on полу́- (polú-, “half”).

Pronunciation

Noun

полдю́жины • (poldjúžiny) n inan (genitive полудю́жины, nominative plural полудю́жины, genitive plural полудю́жин)

  1. half dozen

Declension

Declension of полдю́жины△ (inan fem-form hard-stem accent-a irreg) 
singular plural
nominative полдю́жины△
poldjúžiny△ 		полудю́жины
poludjúžiny
genitive полудю́жины
poludjúžiny 		полудю́жин
poludjúžin
dative полудю́жине
poludjúžine 		полудю́жинам
poludjúžinam
accusative полудю́жину
poludjúžinu 		полудю́жины
poludjúžiny
instrumental полудю́жиной, полудю́жиною
poludjúžinoj, poludjúžinoju 		полудю́жинами
poludjúžinami
prepositional полудю́жине
poludjúžine 		полудю́жинах
poludjúžinax

△ Irregular.

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