убыль

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Noun

у́быль • (úbylʹ) f inan (genitive у́были, uncountable)

  1. diminution, decrease
    есте́ственная у́быль населе́ния
    jestéstvennaja úbylʹ naselénija
    population loss due to natural causes
    идти́ на у́быль ― idtí na úbylʹ ― to begin to decline, to be on the wane
  2. subsidence
  3. (military) losses, casualties

Declension

Declension of у́быль (inan sg-only fem-form 3rd-decl accent-a) 
singular
nominative у́быль
úbylʹ
genitive у́были
úbyli
dative у́были
úbyli
accusative у́быль
úbylʹ
instrumental у́былью
úbylʹju
prepositional у́были
úbyli

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