No. 10,352 in Russian
бывшему
"To the former" or "to an ex."
In a sentence
Я написал письмо бывшему другу.
I wrote a letter to my former friend.
Here, 'бывшему' is in dative case, meaning 'former' and describing 'friend' who is no longer in that role.
Он подарил подарок бывшему соседу.
He gifted a present to his former neighbor.
In this sentence, 'бывшему' is once again in dative case, describing 'neighbor' who previously had this relationship with the speaker.
Мы оказали помощь бывшему коллеге.
We provided assistance to our former colleague.
Here, 'бывшему' modifies 'colleague', indicating that the individual used to be in that position but is not anymore.
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