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See also: чертя and чёрта

Bulgarian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *čьrta.

Pronunciation

Noun

черта́ • (čertá) f (diminutive черти́ца)

  1. line
  2. boundary
  3. trait, feature, characteristic

Declension

Declension of черта́
singular plural
indefinite черта́
čertá 		черти́
čertí
definite черта́та
čertáta 		черти́те
čertíte

Derived terms

Russian

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Etymology 1

Inherited from Old East Slavic чьрта (čĭrta), from Proto-Slavic *čьrta.

Noun

черта́ • (čertá) f inan (genitive черты́, nominative plural черты́ or че́рты*, genitive plural черт, diminutive чёрточка) (* Common but non-standard)

  1. line
  2. boundary, precinct
  3. trait, streak, feature
    • 1967 , Владимир Ленин , “Выпуск I”, in Что такое «друзья народа» и как они воюют против социал-демократов? (В. И. Ленин – Полное собрание сочинений; 1), page 153; English translation from “Part I”, in What the “Friends of the People” Are and How They Fight the Social-Democrats (V. I. Lenin – Collected Works; 1), translation of original in Russian, 1977, page 154:
      Нет ничего характернее для буржуа, как перенесение черт современных порядков на все времена и народы.
      Net ničevo xarakterneje dlja buržua, kak perenesenije čert sovremennyx porjadkov na vse vremena i narody.
      Nothing is more characteristic of the bourgeois than the application of the features of the modern system to all times and peoples.
  4. stroke (particularly of a Chinese character)
Declension
Declension of черта́ (inan fem-form hard-stem accent-b/d) 
singular plural
nominative черта́
čertá 		черты́, че́рты*
čertý, čérty*
genitive черты́
čertý 		че́рт
čért
dative черте́
čerté 		черта́м, че́ртам*
čertám, čértam*
accusative черту́
čertú 		черты́, че́рты*
čertý, čérty*
instrumental черто́й, черто́ю
čertój, čertóju 		черта́ми, че́ртами*
čertámi, čértami*
prepositional черте́
čerté 		черта́х, че́ртах*
čertáx, čértax*

* Common but non-standard.

Etymology 2

Noun

черта́ • (čertá) m anim

  1. genitive singular of чёрт (čort)
  2. genitive singular of чорт (čort)
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