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russian word

comrade, friend, companion in Russian: товарищ

nounmasclevel A1#462 by frequency

every form stress-marked · levels from the official TORFL lexical minimum

Он мой старый товарищ ещё со школы. He's an old friend of mine from school days.

Мы с товарищами часто ходим в горы. My friends and I often go hiking in the mountains.

Товарищ майор, разрешите войти! Comrade Major, permission to enter!

Товарищи, прошу всех занять свои места. Comrades, please everyone take your seats.

What does товарищ mean in Russian?

01

comrade, friend, companion

Он мой старый товарищ ещё со школы.

He's an old friend of mine from school days.

Мы с товарищами часто ходим в горы.

My friends and I often go hiking in the mountains.

02

comrade (Soviet form of address)

Товарищ майор, разрешите войти!

Comrade Major, permission to enter!

Товарищи, прошу всех занять свои места.

Comrades, please everyone take your seats.

Declension of товарищ

Stress marks show the stressed vowel; it moves between forms more often than learners expect.

singularplural
nomтоварищтоварищи
genтоварищатоварищей
datтоварищутоварищам
accтоварищатоварищей
insтоварищемтоварищами
prepтоварищетоварищах