nounfeminine#6,739 by frequency
бе́дность
[ˈbʲednəsʲtʲ]bednost'
poverty, poorness; indigence, penury
- genitive
- бе́дности
Meanings
- 1
poverty, poorness
Я не привык жить в бедности.
I'm not used to living in poverty.
Tatoeba · nina99nv · CC BY 2.0 FR
Том знал, что такое бедность.
Tom knew what poverty meant.
Tatoeba · Balamax · CC BY 2.0 FR
- 2
indigence, penury
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | бе́дность | — |
| genitive | бе́дности | — |
| dative | бе́дности | — |
| accusative | бе́дность | = nom. or gen. |
| instrumental | бе́дностью | — |
| prepositional | бе́дности | — |
Forms in lighter type fill cells the dictionary lists once under another case; where animacy is unknown, the accusative is shown as the two cases it can equal.