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черта

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See also: чертя and чёрта

Bulgarian

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Etymology

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    Inherited from Proto-Slavic *čьrta.

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    Noun

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    черта́ (čertáf (diminutive черти́ца)

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

    Declension

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

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    Russian

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    Etymology 1

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

    Noun

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    черта́ (čertáf 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 [1894], Владимир Ленин [Vladimir Lenin], “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)
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    Etymology 2

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    Noun

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    черта́ (čertám anim

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