russian word
old, aged in Russian: старый
adjectivelevel A1#264 by frequency
every form stress-marked · levels from the official TORFL lexical minimum
Наш сосед уже совсем старый и почти не выходит из дома. Our neighbour is already quite old and almost never leaves the house.
Эта старая собака не может бегать так, как раньше. This old dog cannot run the way it used to.
Я случайно встретил на вокзале старого школьного друга. I ran into an old school friend at the train station by chance.
Мы всё ещё живём в нашем старом доме. We still live in our old house.
What does старый mean in Russian?
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old, aged (advanced in years)
Declension of старый
Stress marks show the stressed vowel; it moves between forms more often than learners expect.
| masc | neut | fem | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nom | старый | старое | старая | старые |
| gen | старого | старого | старой | старых |
| dat | старому | старому | старой | старым |
| acc | старый / старого | старое | старую | старых / старые |
| ins | старым | старым | старой / старою | старыми |
| prep | старом | старом | старой | старых |