{"id":4756,"date":"2013-05-15T08:00:44","date_gmt":"2013-05-15T08:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/?p=4756"},"modified":"2014-07-17T19:27:54","modified_gmt":"2014-07-17T19:27:54","slug":"heres-to-our-mothers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/heres-to-our-mothers\/","title":{"rendered":"Here’s to our mothers!"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the US and several other countries, \u0432\u0442\u043e\u0440\u043e<\/span>\u0435 \u0432\u043e\u0441\u043a\u0440\u0435\u0441\u0435<\/span>\u043d\u044c\u0435 \u043c\u0430<\/span>\u044f<\/b> (“the second Sunday in May”) is \u0414\u0435\u043d\u044c \u043c\u0430<\/span>\u0442\u0435\u0440\u0438<\/b>, Mother’s Day. In Russia, moms have usually been honored on \u0412\u043e\u0441\u044c\u043c\u043e<\/span>\u0435 \u043c\u0430<\/span>\u0440\u0442\u0430<\/b> (“the 8th of March,” aka “International Women’s Day”), though technically there is a \u0414\u0435\u043d\u044c \u043c\u0430<\/span>\u0442\u0435\u0440\u0438<\/b> in late November.<\/p>\n

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\u02c7\u02c6^ \u221a\u00ac ^~~\u221a\u02c7\u02c6^~ \u10e2\u10de\u0571 \u057a\u0541\u053a\u10d6 \u10ed\u10dc\u10ec\u10fb \u10e3<\/b> ~~ \u221a\u02c7\u02c6\u00ac~~^~\u00a0 ~~^~ <\/span>
\n\u0421 \u0434\u043d\u0451\u043c \u043c\u0430<\/span>\u0442\u0435\u0440\u0438!<\/b>
\nHappy Mother’s Day!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Obviously, we can’t say much \u043f\u043e-\u0440\u0443\u0441\u0441\u043a\u0438<\/b> on the subject of motherhood without knowing the basic word \u043c\u0430\u0442\u044c<\/b>. We can define it in Russian as \u0436\u0435<\/span>\u043d\u0449\u0438\u043d\u0430, \u043f\u043e \u043e\u0442\u043d\u043e\u0448\u0435<\/span>\u043d\u0438\u044e \u043a \u0435\u0451 \u0434\u0435\u0442\u044f<\/span>\u043c<\/b> (“a woman in relation to her children”) — or in zoological contexts, \u0441\u0430<\/span>\u043c\u043a\u0430 \u043f\u043e \u043e\u0442\u043d\u043e\u0448\u0435<\/span>\u043d\u0438\u044e \u043a \u0435\u0451 \u0434\u0435\u0442\u0451\u043d\u044b\u0448\u0430\u043c<\/b> (“a female animal in relation to her offspring.”)<\/p>\n

For beginners, let’s take a look at the highly unusual declension of \u043c\u0430\u0442\u044c<\/b>. It has the same case endings as any typical feminine noun ending in -\u044c<\/b>, such as \u043c\u044b\u0448\u044c<\/b> (“mouse”) or \u043a\u043e\u0441\u0442\u044c<\/b> (“bone”) or \u0432\u0435\u0449\u044c<\/b> (“thing”). But what makes this one unusual is that a -\u0435\u0440-<\/b> pops in \u00ab\u043e\u0442\u043a\u0443<\/span>\u0434\u0430 \u043d\u0438 \u0432\u043e\u0437\u044c\u043c\u0438<\/span>\u0441\u044c\u00bb<\/b>, “from out of nowhere<\/span>“, except in the nominative and accusative singular. Oh, and just to make your life harder, the stress is sometimes on the stem, and sometimes on the case ending. Here’s the complete declension, with the end-stressed forms highlighted in red:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
\u043c\u0430<\/span>\u0442\u044c<\/b> (“mother”)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nsing.<\/i><\/td>\npl.<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
nominative<\/i><\/td>\n\u043c\u0430<\/span>\u0442\u044c<\/b><\/td>\n\u043c\u0430<\/span>\u0442\u0435\u0440\u0438<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
genitive<\/i><\/td>\n\u043c\u0430<\/span>\u0442\u0435\u0440\u0438<\/b><\/td>\n\u043c\u0430\u0442\u0435\u0440\u0435<\/span>\u0439<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
dative<\/i><\/td>\n\u043c\u0430<\/span>\u0442\u0435\u0440\u0438<\/b><\/td>\n\u043c\u0430\u0442\u0435\u0440\u044f<\/span>\u043c<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
accusative<\/i><\/td>\n\u043c\u0430<\/span>\u0442\u044c<\/b><\/td>\n\u043c\u0430\u0442\u0435\u0440\u0435<\/span>\u0439<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
instrumental<\/i><\/td>\n\u043c\u0430<\/span>\u0442\u0435\u0440\u044c\u044e<\/b><\/td>\n\u043c\u0430\u0442\u0435\u0440\u044f<\/span>\u043c\u0438<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
prepositional<\/i><\/td>\n\u043c\u0430<\/span>\u0442\u0435\u0440\u0438<\/b><\/td>\n\u043c\u0430\u0442\u0435\u0440\u044f<\/span>\u0445<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

For beginners, there are no easy mnemonic tricks to learning exceptional words like this one; you just have to recite the forms until they stick in your head. Or, as the famous rhyming proverb goes, \u00ab\u041f\u043e\u0432\u0442\u043e\u0440\u0435<\/span>\u043d\u0438\u0435 — \u043c\u0430<\/span>\u0442\u044c \u0443\u0447\u0435<\/span>\u043d\u0438\u044f!\u00bb<\/b> (“Repetition is the mother of learning.”) But don’t be a slacker about it, because as a famous, non-rhyming proverb goes: \u00ab\u041b\u0435<\/span>\u043d\u044c — \u043c\u0430<\/span>\u0442\u044c \u0432\u0441\u0435<\/span>\u0445 \u043f\u043e\u0440\u043e<\/span>\u043a\u043e\u0432!\u00bb<\/b> (“Laziness is the mother of all vices\/defects!”).<\/p>\n

Memorizing the declension of \u043c\u0430<\/span>\u0442\u044c<\/b> is actually a 2-for-1 deal, because the word \u0434\u043e\u0447\u044c<\/b> (“daughter”) follows exactly<\/i> the same pattern of endings and stress-shifts. (So, for example, it’s \u0434\u043e<\/span>\u0447\u0435\u0440\u0438<\/b> in the dative singular, but \u0434\u043e\u0447\u0435\u0440\u044f<\/span>\u043c<\/b> in the dative plural.) But these two words are, as far as I know, totally unique — if there are any other nouns in the Russian language with this pattern, they’re much too obscure for non-natives to worry about.<\/p>\n

From \u043c\u0430\u0442\u044c<\/b> we get such derivatives as the adjective \u043c\u0430\u0442\u0435\u0440\u0438<\/span>\u043d\u0441\u043a\u0438\u0439<\/b> (“maternal; motherly; belonging to mom”), and also an abstract noun:<\/p>\n

\u041c\u0430\u0442\u0435\u0440\u0438<\/span>\u043d\u0441\u0442\u0432\u043e — \u0432\u0442\u043e\u0440\u0430<\/span>\u044f \u043f\u043e \u0434\u0440\u0435<\/span>\u0432\u043d\u043e\u0441\u0442\u0438<\/span> \u043f\u0440\u043e\u0444\u0435<\/span>\u0441\u0441\u0438\u044f<\/b>
\n“Motherhood — the second<\/i>-oldest profession.”
\n(title of a book by American humorist Erma Bombeck)<\/p>\n

As you may know, affectionate diminutives are used much more often in Russian than in English — so from \u0434\u043e\u0447\u044c<\/b> we get \u0434\u043e<\/span>\u0447\u043a\u0430<\/b>, which implies “one’s darling daughter”. HOWEVER, the seemingly logical diminutive \u043c\u0430<\/span>\u0442\u043a\u0430<\/b> is generally not used in regard to human mothers<\/i>, at least not in standard educated Russian. Instead, \u043c\u0430<\/span>\u0442\u043a\u0430<\/b> usually means the “womb\/uterus” of any female mammal, including humans. (In certain contexts it can refer to non-human mothers, as in \u043f\u0447\u0435\u043b\u0438<\/span>\u043d\u0430\u044f \u043c\u0430<\/span>\u0442\u043a\u0430<\/b>, “queen bee”.)<\/p>\n

So if you need an affectionate diminutive for a human mother, you can use \u043c\u0430<\/span>\u043c\u0430<\/b> (“mom”) instead. \u041c\u0430<\/span>\u043c\u0430<\/b> has its own diminutives — most often \u043c\u0430<\/span>\u043c\u043e\u0447\u043a\u0430<\/b>, though \u043c\u0430<\/span>\u043c\u0435\u043d\u044c\u043a\u0430<\/b> may be found in old literature.<\/p>\n

\u041c\u0430<\/span>\u043c\u043e\u0447\u043a\u0430, \u043c\u044b \u0431\u043e<\/span>\u043b\u044c\u0448\u0435 \u043d\u0435 \u0431\u0443<\/span>\u0434\u0435\u043c!<\/b>
\n“Mommy, we won’t do it anymore!”
\n(said by children caught doing something bad)<\/p>\n

And a grown man who has never cut the \u043f\u0443\u043f\u043e\u0432\u0438<\/span>\u043d\u0430<\/b><\/span> (“umbilical cord”) and who \u043f\u043e\u0441\u0442\u043e\u044f<\/span>\u043d\u043d\u043e \u00ab\u0434\u0435<\/span>\u0440\u0436\u0438\u0442\u0441\u044f \u0437\u0430 \u044e<\/span>\u0431\u043a\u0443\u00bb \u043c\u0430<\/span>\u043c\u044b<\/b> (“perpetually clings to mom’s skirt”) may be called a \u043c\u0430<\/span>\u043c\u0435\u043d\u044c\u043a\u0438\u043d \u0441\u044b\u043d\u043e<\/span>\u043a<\/b> (“mama’s boy”).<\/p>\n

Of course, there are other nouns that describe women in maternal or mother-like relationships. You may already know \u0431\u0430<\/span>\u0431\u0443\u0448\u043a\u0430<\/b>, “grandmother.” And a \u0440\u043e\u0434\u043d\u0430<\/span>\u044f \u043c\u0430\u0442\u044c<\/b> (“birth\/biological mother”) can be contrasted with a \u043f\u0440\u0438\u0451\u043c\u043d\u0430\u044f \u043c\u0430\u0442\u044c<\/b>, “mother by adoption”. (Note that \u043f\u0440\u0438\u0451\u043c\u043d\u044b\u0439<\/b> can apply to either the parents or the children in a adoptive relationship — thus, \u043f\u0440\u0438\u0451\u043c\u043d\u044b\u0439 \u0441\u044b\u043d<\/b>, “adopted son”).<\/p>\n

Other motherly relationships can be established by marriage. So, for instance, you’ve got \u043c\u0430<\/span>\u0447\u0435\u0445\u0430<\/b>, “stepmother,” whose reputation in jokes and fairytales is almost as bad as that of the \u0442\u0451\u0449\u0430<\/b> (“the groom’s mother-in-law”). <\/a>For some unfair reason, the \u0441\u0432\u0435\u043a\u0440\u043e<\/span>\u0432\u044c<\/b> (“bride’s mother-in-law”) doesn’t come in for nearly as much cultural abuse! And a \u043a\u0440\u0451\u0441\u0442\u043d\u0430\u044f \u043c\u0430\u0442\u044c<\/b> is your own<\/i> godmother, but shouldn’t be confused with \u043a\u0443\u043c\u0430<\/span><\/b>, who is either the godmother of your children, or the mother of your godchildren. (In other words, the mother and the godmother are \u043a\u0443\u043c\u044b<\/span><\/b> to each other<\/i>.)<\/p>\n

And now let’s consider a few verbs relating to \u043c\u0430\u0442\u0435\u0440\u0438<\/span>\u043d\u0441\u0442\u0432\u043e<\/b>…<\/p>\n

\u00ab\u0410 \u043c\u0430<\/span>\u043c\u0430, \u043e\u0442\u043a\u0443<\/span>\u0434\u0430 \u0431\u0435\u0440\u0443<\/span>\u0442\u0441\u044f<\/span> \u0434\u0435<\/span>\u0442\u0438?\u00bb
\n“Mom, where do babies come from?”<\/h3>\n

Perhaps the most central and defining verb is:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
\u0440\u043e\u0434\u0438<\/span>\u0442\u044c (\u043a\u043e\u0433\u043e\/\u0447\u0442\u043e)<\/b> (“to give birth to; to bear” perf.<\/i>)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Past<\/i><\/td>\n\u0440\u043e\u0434\u0438<\/span>\u043b, \u0440\u043e\u0434\u0438\u043b\u0430<\/span>, \u0440\u043e\u0434\u0438<\/span>\u043b\u043e, \u0440\u043e\u0434\u0438<\/span>\u043b\u0438<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nsing.<\/i><\/td>\npl.<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1st<\/i><\/td>\n\u0440\u043e\u0436\u0443<\/span><\/b><\/td>\n\u0440\u043e\u0434\u0438<\/span>\u043c<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2nd<\/i><\/td>\n\u0440\u043e\u0434\u0438<\/span>\u0448\u044c<\/b> <\/b><\/td>\n\u0440\u043e\u0434\u0438<\/span>\u0442\u0435<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3rd<\/i><\/td>\n\u0440\u043e\u0434\u0438<\/span>\u0442<\/b><\/td>\n\u0440\u043e\u0434\u044f<\/span>\u0442<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Imperative<\/i><\/td>\n\u0440\u043e\u0434\u0438<\/span>(\u0442\u0435)!<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Past Passive Participle<\/i><\/td>\n\u0440\u043e\u0436\u0434\u0451\u043d\u043d\u044b\u0439<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

(I’ve included the past passive participle in the table because, going by the general rules for PPP formation<\/a>, you would logically predict it to be \u0440\u043e\u0436\u0451\u043d\u043d\u044b\u0439<\/b>, not \u0440\u043e\u0436\u0434\u0451\u043d\u043d\u044b\u0439<\/b>!)<\/p>\n

So, for example, there’s the expression \u043a\u0430\u043a \u043c\u0430\u0442\u044c \u0440\u043e\u0434\u0438\u043b\u0430<\/span><\/b>, literally “as mother gave birth (to you)”, which is a synonym for \u0433\u043e<\/span>\u043b\u044b\u0439<\/b>, “naked”:<\/p>\n

\u041d\u0430 \u044d<\/span>\u0442\u043e\u043c \u043f\u043b\u044f<\/span>\u0436\u0435 \u0432\u0441\u0435<\/span> \u0445\u043e<\/span>\u0434\u044f\u0442 \u00ab\u043a\u0430\u043a \u043c\u0430<\/span>\u0442\u044c \u0440\u043e\u0434\u0438\u043b\u0430<\/span>\u00bb.<\/b>
\nAt this beach, everyone walks around stark raving nude.<\/p>\n

The corresponding imperfective for \u0440\u043e\u0434\u0438<\/span>\u0442\u044c<\/b> is, usually, \u0440\u043e\u0436\u0434\u0430<\/span>\u0442\u044c<\/b>, which has no stress shifts or consonant mutations to worry about. Thus, in the present it’s \u044f \u0440\u043e\u0436\u0434\u0430<\/span>\u044e, \u0442\u044b \u0440\u043e\u0436\u0434\u0430<\/span>\u0435\u0448\u044c…<\/b>; and in the past it’s \u0440\u043e\u0436\u0434\u0430<\/span>\u043b, \u0440\u043e\u0436\u0434\u0430<\/span>\u043b\u0430<\/b>. In colloquial contexts, you may also come across the imperfective \u0440\u043e\u0436\u0430<\/span>\u0442\u044c<\/b> — which conjugates just like \u0440\u043e\u0436\u0434\u0430<\/span>\u0442\u044c<\/b>, minus the -\u0434-<\/b>. Attaching the reflexive ending -\u0441\u044f<\/b> to \u0440\u043e\u0436\u0434\u0430<\/span>\u0442\u044c\/\u0440\u043e\u0434\u0438<\/span>\u0442\u044c<\/b> gives the meaning “to be born”:<\/p>\n

\u0412 \u043d\u0430<\/span>\u0448\u0435\u043c \u0433\u043e<\/span>\u0440\u043e\u0434\u0435, \u0441 \u0434\u0432\u0435<\/span> \u0442\u044b<\/span>\u0441\u044f\u0447\u0438 \u0434\u0435\u0432\u044f<\/span>\u0442\u043e\u0433\u043e \u0433\u043e<\/span>\u0434\u0430 \u043d\u0438 \u043e\u0434\u0438<\/span>\u043d \u0440\u0435\u0431\u0451\u043d\u043e\u043a \u043d\u0435 \u0440\u043e\u0436\u0434\u0430<\/span>\u0435\u0442\u0441\u044f \u0441 \u0412\u0418\u0427.<\/b>
\nIn our city, not one child has been born with HIV since 2009.<\/p>\n

Incidentally, \u0440\u043e\u0436\u0434\u0430<\/span>\u0442\u044c\/\u0440\u043e\u0434\u0438<\/span>\u0442\u044c<\/b> will generally work for dogs, elephants, and other mammals besides humans. But if you’re talking about egg-laying creatures, you can instead use \u0432\u044b\u0432\u043e\u0434\u0438<\/span>\u0442\u044c\/\u0432\u044b<\/span>\u0432\u0435\u0441\u0442\u0438<\/b>, “to hatch out (offspring)”:<\/p>\n

\u041c\u0430<\/span>\u0442\u043a\u0430 \u0427\u0443\u0436\u0438<\/span>\u0445 \u0432\u044b<\/span>\u0432\u0435\u043b\u0430 \u0434\u0432\u0430<\/span>\u0434\u0446\u0430\u0442\u044c \u0442\u0440\u0438 \u043b\u0438\u0447\u0438<\/span>\u043d\u043a\u0438.<\/b>
\nThe queen-alien hatched 23 larvae.<\/p>\n

But there’s more to motherhood (or there should be!) than just makin’ babies. Children also need a proper \u0432\u043e\u0441\u043f\u0438\u0442\u0430<\/span>\u043d\u0438\u0435<\/b>, “upbringing.” (This word can sometimes be a synonym for \u043e\u0431\u0440\u0430\u0437\u043e\u0432\u0430<\/span>\u043d\u0438\u0435<\/b>, “education,” except that \u0432\u043e\u0441\u043f\u0438\u0442\u0430<\/span>\u043d\u0438\u0435<\/b> emphasizes moral and civic education more than academic skills like reading and arithmetic.)<\/p>\n

The corresponding verb is \u0432\u043e\u0441\u043f\u0438<\/span>\u0442\u044b\u0432\u0430\u0442\u044c\/\u0432\u043e\u0441\u043f\u0438\u0442\u0430<\/span>\u0442\u044c<\/b> (“to raise, bring up, morally educate”) — related to \u043f\u0438\u0442\u0430<\/span>\u0442\u044c<\/b>, “to feed\/nourish,” and \u043f\u0438<\/span>\u0449\u0430<\/b>, “food.” Both the imperfective and perfective have predictable -\u0430\u044e, -\u0430\u0435\u0448\u044c, -\u0430\u0435\u0442<\/b> conjugations without any stress shifts:<\/p>\n

\u041a\u0430<\/span>\u043a \u043f\u0440\u0430<\/span>\u0432\u0438\u043b\u044c\u043d\u043e \u0432\u043e\u0441\u043f\u0438\u0442\u0430<\/span>\u0442\u044c \u0440\u0435\u0431\u0451\u043d\u043a\u0430?<\/b>
\nHow does one correctly bring up a child?<\/p>\n

Sometimes the verb is used in the construction \u0432\u043e\u0441\u043f\u0438\u0442\u0430<\/span>\u0442\u044c \u0447\u0442\u043e-\u043d\u0438\u0431\u0443\u0434\u044c \u0432 \u043a\u043e\u0433\u043e-\u043d\u0438\u0431\u0443\u0434\u044c<\/b>, “to instill\/inculcate something in someone”:<\/p>\n

\u00ab\u041d\u0430<\/span>\u0448\u0438 \u043c\u0430<\/span>\u043c\u044b \u0432\u043e\u0441\u043f\u0438\u0442\u0430<\/span>\u043b\u0438 \u0432 \u043d\u0430<\/span>\u0441 \u0441\u0430\u043c\u043e\u0441\u0442\u043e\u044f<\/span>\u0442\u0435\u043b\u044c\u043d\u043e\u0441\u0442\u044c \u0438 \u043b\u044e\u0431\u043e<\/span>\u0432\u044c \u043a \u0447\u0435\u043b\u043e\u0432\u0435<\/span>\u0447\u0435\u0441\u0442\u0432\u0443\u00bb — \u0441\u043a\u0430\u0437\u0430<\/span>\u043b\u0438 \u0437\u0435\u043c\u043b\u044f<\/span>\u043d\u0435<\/span>.<\/b>
\n“Our moms instilled in us self-reliance and a love for humanity,” said the Earthlings.
\n\u00ab\u0410 \u043d\u0430<\/span>\u0448\u0430 \u043c\u0430<\/span>\u043c\u0430 \u0432\u043e\u0441\u043f\u0438\u0442\u0430<\/span>\u043b\u0430 \u0432 \u043d\u0430<\/span>\u0441 \u0441\u0430\u043c\u043e\u0441\u0442\u043e\u044f<\/span>\u0442\u0435\u043b\u044c\u043d\u043e\u0441\u0442\u044c \u0438 \u0432\u043b\u0435\u0447\u0435<\/span>\u043d\u0438\u0435 \u043a \u0427\u0415\u041b\u041e\u0412\u0415<\/span>\u0427\u0418\u041d\u0415\u00bb — \u043e\u0442\u0432\u0435<\/span>\u0442\u0438\u043b\u0438 \u0427\u0443\u0436\u0438<\/span>\u0435.<\/b>
\n“And our mom instilled in us self-reliance and a craving for \u00ablong-pig\u00bb,” replied the space-aliens<\/span>.<\/p>\n

Last but not least, mothers care for their children. “Take care of” or “care for” can be expressed by the verb (\u043f\u043e)\u0437\u0430\u0431\u043e<\/span>\u0442\u0438\u0442\u044c\u0441\u044f \u043e \u043a\u043e\u043c\/\u0447\u0451\u043c<\/b> (prepositional) — note that the noun \u0437\u0430\u0431\u043e<\/span>\u0442\u0430<\/b> means “concern”. The conjugation of this one is \u044f \u0437\u0430\u0431\u043e<\/span>\u0447\u0443\u0441\u044c, \u0442\u044b \u0437\u0430\u0431\u043e<\/span>\u0442\u0438\u0448\u044c\u0441\u044f<\/b>, with a consonant mutation in the 1st-person singular, but no stress shift:<\/p>\n

\u041c\u0430<\/span>\u043c\u0430, \u0441\u043f\u0430\u0441\u0438<\/span>\u0431\u043e \u0437\u0430 \u0442\u043e<\/span>, \u0447\u0442\u043e \u0442\u044b<\/span> \u0432\u0441\u0435\u0433\u0434\u0430<\/span> \u0437\u0430\u0431\u043e<\/span>\u0442\u0438\u0448\u044c\u0441\u044f \u043e\u0431\u043e \u043c\u043d\u0435<\/span>!<\/b>
\nMom, thanks for the fact that you’re always concerned about me!<\/p>\n

P.S. If you’re talking about houseplants or pets, the imperfective verb \u0443\u0445\u0430<\/span>\u0436\u0438\u0432\u0430\u0442\u044c \u0437\u0430 \u043a\u0435\u043c\/\u0447\u0435\u043c<\/b> (instrumental) can also mean “to take care of,” but reader Fitzmat recommends that in the context of humans, you’d typically use this verb for someone “taking care of” a sick<\/i> child or adult.<\/p>\n

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In the US and several other countries, \u0432\u0442\u043e\u0440\u043e\u0435 \u0432\u043e\u0441\u043a\u0440\u0435\u0441\u0435\u043d\u044c\u0435 \u043c\u0430\u044f (“the second Sunday in May”) is \u0414\u0435\u043d\u044c \u043c\u0430\u0442\u0435\u0440\u0438, Mother’s Day. In Russia, moms have usually been honored on \u0412\u043e\u0441\u044c\u043c\u043e\u0435 \u043c\u0430\u0440\u0442\u0430 (“the 8th of March,” aka “International Women’s Day”), though technically there is a \u0414\u0435\u043d\u044c \u043c\u0430\u0442\u0435\u0440\u0438 in late November. \u02c7\u02c6^ \u221a\u00ac ^~~\u221a\u02c7\u02c6^~ \u10e2\u10de\u0571 \u057a\u0541\u053a\u10d6 \u10ed\u10dc\u10ec\u10fb \u10e3…<\/p>\n

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