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Обувь
June 24th, 2009 by DonThe word обувь means footware: shoes, boots, waders… anything that protects your feet from damage or helps you walk. It's a feminine third declension noun with both plural and singular forms, although you almost never encounter plurals. It works mostly as a mass noun. Here's how it declines:
| Sg | Pl | |
| Nom | обувь | обуви |
| Acc | обувь | обуви |
| Gen | обуви | обувей |
| Pre | обуви | обувях |
| Dat | обуви | обувям |
| Ins | обувью | обувями |
Instead of talking abouts men's shoes or women's shoes, the Russians discuss men's footware and women's footware. And of course there are always the styles of clothes to discuss.
| На таких акциях итальянскую одежду и обувь можно купить со скидкой. (source) | At these auctions you can buy Italian clothing and footware at a discount. |
| Фирма RU предлагает распродажу одежды и обуви с хорошей скидкой. (source) | The RU company sells clothing and footware at a good discount. |
| С хорошей обувью можно прожить зиму в Сибири нормально. | You can make it through a Siberian winter okay if you have decent footware. |
| В Африке большинство людей обходятся без обуви. | The majority of people in Africa get by without footware. |
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