No. 2,158 in Russian
бумаги
The Russian word "бумаги" means "papers" in English.
In a sentence
Мне нужны чистые листы бумаги для рисования.
I need clean sheets of paper for drawing.
In this sentence, 'бумаги' is in the genitive case, used to indicate the material needed for an activity, in this case, drawing.
Она проверила все документы и бумаги.
She checked all the documents and papers.
Here, 'бумаги' refers to written or official papers, a common usage in the context of document verification.
У меня совсем не осталось бумаги для работы.
I completely ran out of paper for work.
In this case, 'бумаги' again represents the genitive case, signifying the lack of material (paper) needed for work purposes.
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