Kraski A1 international - Russian / English Dictionary (General)

The dictionary entries are in alphabetical order and are shown in the context in which they are used in the course. Each entry is shown along with its corresponding grammatical category in English.

Russian nouns without an English equivalent have been transliterated and accompanied by an explanation in italics in brackets. All information regarding the cases or prepositions is given in italics in brackets.

In the general dictionary:

  • students can consult the whole dictionary or look at the entries which regard a particular video
  • verbs are shown in the infinitive form
  • regular verbs are shown with their conjugation type, irregular verbs are shown in the first and the second person singular as well as in any other irregular forms
  • the aspect is also noted (imperfective or perfective)
  • example of nouns and verbs whether in a figurative or literal sense and idiomatic expressions are all printed in bold and prefixed by the
  • sign.
  • Abbreviations used in the dictionary and word lists

    • A. = accusative case
    • adj = adjective
    • adv. = adverb
    • coll. = colloquial
    • conj. = conjunction
    • D. = dative case
    • fem. = feminine
    • fut. = future tense
    • G. = genitive case
    • I. = instrumental case
    • imperat. = imperative
    • imperf. = imperfective
    • inv.= invariable
    • masc. = masculine
    • neut.= neuter
    • num. = numeral
    • ord. = ordinal
    • P. = prepositional case
    • part. = participial
    • past = past tense
    • perf. = perfective
    • pl. = plural
    • poss. = possessive
    • pred. = predicative
    • prep. = preposition
    • pron. = pronoun
    • pers. pron. = personal pronoun
    • sing. = singular
    • v. = verb
    • I = first conjugation
    • II = second conjugation

    Transliteration of Cyrillic characters

    The Russian words in this course have been transliterated using the following table:

    Cyrillic

    Library of Congress
    Cyrillic Transliteration
    http://www.loc.gov

    Other Variants

    А

    A

     

    Б

    B

     

    В

    V

     

    Г

    G

     

    Д

    D

     

    Е

    E

    JE, YE, IE

    Ё

    Ë

    E, IO, YO, JO

    Ж

    ZH

    Ž

    З

    Z

    S

    И

    I

     

    Й

    J

    I, Y

    К

    K

     

    Л

    L

     

    М

    M

     

    Н

    N

     

    О

    O

     

    П

    P

     

    Р

    R

     

    С

    S

     

    Т

    T

     

    У

    U

     

    Ф

    F

     

    Х

    KH

    CH

    Ц

    TS

    C, Z, CZ

    Ч

    CH

    Č, TCH

    Ш

    SH

    Š, SCH

    Щ

    SHCH

    ŠČ, TSCH

    Ъ

    Æ

    Ы

    Y

     

    Ь

    Æ

    Э

    E

     

    Ю

    IU

    JU, YU

    Я

    IA

    JA, YA