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Words of the Brothers Karamazov · 192 headwords

Each word with its meanings, its forms, and the lines it stands in.

час

hour; hours; o'clock 216 times

час, часов, часа, часу, часы, часом, часам, часах and 7 more

noun, accusative, masculine, singular; noun, genitive, masculine, singular; noun, genitive, masculine, plural

"часа в три" is an approximation idiom, literally "of the hour at three" = "around three".

часочек

a little hour; for a brief hour 3 times

часочек

частный

private; police 7 times

частная, частного, частную, частный, частном

adjective, nominative, feminine, singular; adjective, genitive, neuter, singular; adjective, accusative, feminine, singular

'частный дом' is a 19th-c. term for a police precinct house, not literally 'private house.'

часть

part; the station; some 23 times

часть, частью, части, частию, частям

noun, accusative, feminine, singular; noun, instrumental, feminine, singular; noun, nominative, feminine, singular

archaic instrumental spelling of частью; большею частию = 'for the most part'.

чаша

cup; a cup 3 times

чашу, чаше

noun, accusative, feminine, singular; noun, dative, feminine, singular

чёрт

the devil; devil; devils 144 times

черт, Черт, черту, черта, черти, чертей, чертом, черт! and 1 more

noun, nominative, masculine, singular; noun, dative, masculine, singular; noun, nominative, masculine, plural

«черт разберет» is idiomatic for "who the devil can make sense of it/you."

человек

man; people; a man 828 times

человек, человека, людей, люди, человеку, человеком, людьми, людям and 12 more

noun, nominative, masculine, singular; noun, nominative, masculine, plural; noun, genitive, masculine, plural

Человеки is an archaic/biblical plural of человек, used here for rustic effect.

человеколюбивый

humane; charitable; kind-hearted 4 times

человеколюбивого, человеколюбив, человеколюбивым

adjective, genitive, neuter, singular; adjective, masculine, singular; adjective, genitive, masculine, singular

чемодан

trunk; the trunk; his trunk 5 times

чемодан, чемодане

noun, accusative, masculine, singular; noun, locative, masculine, singular; noun, nominative, masculine, singular

через

through; after; over 105 times

через, чрез, Через

'чрез' is an archaic/poetic form of 'через'.

черт

devils once

чертей

animate masculine accusative plural takes the genitive form (чертей), not a feminine ending.

черта

trait; line; streak 34 times

черта, черты, черту, Черта, черте, чертами, черта,, чертой and 1 more

noun, nominative, feminine, singular; noun, genitive, feminine, singular; noun, accusative, feminine, singular

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честность

honesty; integrity; the honesty 11 times

честности, честность

noun, locative, feminine, singular; noun, genitive, feminine, singular; noun, accusative, feminine, singular

четверо

four; the four of them; the four 8 times

четверо, четверых

numeral, nominative; numeral, genitive

четверток

Thursday 4 times

четверток, четвертке

noun, accusative, masculine, singular; noun, locative, masculine, singular

четыре

four; about four; -four 68 times

четыре, четырех, Четыре, четырьмя, четырем, Четырех

numeral, accusative; numeral, nominative; numeral, genitive

четыредесятница

Lent 3 times

четыредесятницу, четыредесятнице

noun, accusative, feminine, singular; noun, locative, feminine, singular

чин

rank; a promotion; a rank 22 times

чин, чину, чине, чина, чины, Чина, чином, Чину and 1 more

noun, genitive, masculine, singular; noun, accusative, masculine, singular; noun, dative, masculine, singular

Archaic partitive-genitive -у ending (genitive of negation), not dative — same word and construction recurs as "Какого чину?" in b7-c3-s105-w2, where the genitive determiner "Какого" proves the case; "какому чину" would be required if this were dative.

чиновник

official; officials; the official 42 times

чиновник, чиновника, чиновником, чиновнику, чиновников, Чиновник, Чиновника, чиновники and 2 more

noun, nominative, masculine, singular; noun, genitive, masculine, singular; noun, instrumental, masculine, singular

чиновница

clerks' widows; of an official; official's wife 3 times

чиновниц, чиновницы, чиновнице

noun, genitive, feminine, plural; noun, genitive, feminine, singular; noun, dative, feminine, singular

чисто

purely; clear; is clear 6 times

чисто

adverb; adverb (predicative); adjective, short form, neuter, singular

чистота

purity; with cleanliness; of purity 5 times

чистоте, чистотой, чистоты, чистота

noun, locative, feminine, singular; noun, instrumental, feminine, singular; noun, genitive, feminine, singular

чистый

pure; clean; cleaner 46 times

чистый, чистую, чистыми, чистое, чистой, чистая, чистом, чиста and 10 more

adjective, accusative, feminine, singular; adjective, nominative, masculine, singular; adjective, instrumental, plural

чрезвычайный

extraordinary; extreme; an extraordinary 53 times

чрезвычайное, чрезвычайным, чрезвычайном, чрезвычайною, чрезвычайного, чрезвычайной, чрезвычайная, чрезвычайный and 4 more

adjective, instrumental, neuter, singular; adjective, accusative, neuter, singular; adjective, locative, neuter, singular

Archaic instrumental feminine ending -ою (modern -ой).

чтение

the reading; by a reading; Reading 7 times

чтение, чтением

noun, accusative, neuter, singular; noun, instrumental, neuter, singular; noun, nominative, neuter, singular

что

that; what; something 6024 times

что, чего, Что, чем, Чего, чему, Чем, Чему and 6 more

subordinating conjunction; pronoun, nominative, neuter, singular; pronoun, accusative, neuter, singular

'почти что' is a colloquial intensifier meaning 'just about, next to.'

что-либо

something; (something) 4 times

что, либо

pronoun, accusative, neuter, singular; pronoun, accusative; particle

что + либо form the single indefinite pronoun "что-либо" ("something"); the two tokens together mean "something."

чтобы

that; so that; to 512 times

чтобы, чтоб, Чтобы, что, бы

subordinating conjunction; subordinating conjunction (part of idiom не то чтобы); subordinating conjunction (part of не то чтобы)

"что бы" is an old split spelling of чтобы, "so that".

чувствительность

tenderness; sentimentality; sentiment 9 times

чувствительность, чувствительности, чувствительностях, чувствительностью

noun, genitive, feminine, singular; noun, nominative, feminine, singular; noun, accusative, feminine, singular

чувствовать

felt; feel; I feel 85 times

чувствовал, чувствую, чувствует, чувствуя, чувствовать, чувствовали, чувствовала, чувствуете and 3 more

verb, past, indicative, active, singular, imperfective; verb, present, indicative, active, first, singular, imperfective; verb, present, indicative, active, third, singular, imperfective

же after a verb is an untranslatable emphatic particle, roughly 'I really do feel...'

чудный

peculiar; marvellous things; strange 5 times

чудная, чудно, чудному, чудный

adjective, accusative, neuter, plural (used substantively); adjective, neuter, singular, short form; adjective, dative, neuter, singular

Чудная видети is an archaic, Church-Slavonic-flavored construction meaning 'marvels to see.'

чуть

almost; nearly; the moment 86 times

чуть, Чуть

adverb; particle; conjunction

чуть не is a fixed idiom meaning 'almost/nearly', not a literal negation.

чуть лишь

the moment; that twice

чуть, лишь

adverb, part of чуть лишь; particle, part of чуть лишь

чуть лишь together mean 'the moment that/no sooner than'.

чуть не

almost 7 times

чуть, не

adverb; particle; adverb (part of fixed phrase чуть не)

чухна

the Finn once

чухна

Old colloquial (slightly disparaging) term for a Finn.

Seen once or twice

чаёк

tea once

часовня

chapel once

часовой

a sentry once

часовщик

watchmaker once

частый

frequent once

чахлый

stunted twice

Чацкий

Chatsky once

чваниться

puffs himself up once

чванство

vainglory twice

чёртов

devil's; devilish twice

чёткий

clear once

чётко

clearly once

чело

the brow once

человеколюбие

the love of mankind; love of mankind twice

человечий

human once

челюсть

jaw once

чем свет

at; dawn twice

чепец

cap once

червонец

a gold piece; gold piece twice

червонный

the red one once

червь

worm twice

червячок

worm once

черёд

turn once

черепаховый

tortoiseshell once

черепок

the shards once

чересчур

too once

черкес

Circassians once

чернила

with ink; ink twice

чернильница

an inkstand; inkwell twice

черноволосый

dark-haired once

Черномазов

Chernomazov twice

черный

black twice

Чернь

Cherny once

чернявка

a swarthy girl once

чертить

was tracing once

чертов

devilish once

чесо

what twice

честолюбивый

ambitious twice

четвертак

a quarter-rouble once

четий

Chetyi- once

четко

clearly once

четырехстишие

quatrain once

четырехугольный

four-cornered once

четырнадцатилетний

fourteen-year-old once

четырнадцатый

fourteenth once

четьи

Chetyi-; the Lives (of the Saints) twice

чехол

dust-covers twice

чешуя

scales once

Чингис

Genghis once

чинить

mends once

чинно

decorously once

чиновничек

little official once

чиновный

official twice

числиться

was recorded; was kept on twice

чистить

polishing once

чистоплотный

fastidious once

чисторечиво

clearly once

чистосердечный

frank once

читаться

could be read twice

читывать

used to read once

чихнуть

sneezed; sneeze twice

чичиков

Chichikov once

Чичиков

the Chichikovs once

чмок

smack of the lips once

чмокнуть

kissed twice

чокнуться

to clink glasses once

чрезмерно

beyond measure once

что до

as for; for twice

что ж

so; then twice

что ль

then once

чудище

monster twice

чудно

it's a marvel; amazing twice

чудной

wondrous once

чудовище

monster; a monster twice

чудовищно

monstrously once

чудовищность

the monstrousness once

чудовищный

monstrous twice

чудодейственный

miraculous once

чудотворец

wonder-worker once

чудотворный

wonder-working; a wonder-worker twice

чулан

the storeroom once

чуланчик

little closets once

чума

the plague once

чуткий

keen; sensitive twice

чуточка

just a touch once

чуточку

a little once

чуть-чуть

a; little twice

чуять

scented; sensing twice

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Every word of the text, parsed: its headword, its form and its meaning in the line. Source text: public domain (Fyodor Dostoevsky, d. 1881; Russian from the Nauka academic edition via ru.wikisource).
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Two whoopie pies and a pine. An inside joke.