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Lesson 4 of 10

Places, rooms, and establishments

Feminine adjective-shaped nouns often name rooms, facilities, or establishments through an historically understood head such as ко́мната.

  • They now function as lexical nouns while retaining adjectival declension.
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LexemeMeaningOblique example
столо́ваяcanteen/dining roomв столо́вой
ва́ннаяbathroomиз ва́нной
приёмнаяreception room/officeк приёмной
бу́лочнаяbakery shopо́коло бу́лочной
пра́чечнаяlaundryза пра́чечной
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3.19 · Places, rooms, and establishments · table 1

столо́вая · canteen/dining room · в столо́войва́нная · bathroom · из ва́нной
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Form destination/location: столо́вая. Form: from the bakery.

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