No. 12,026 in Russian
злом
The Russian word "злом" translates to "evil" or "malice" in English.
In a sentence
Он борется со злом во всех его проявлениях.
He fights against evil in all its forms.
Illustrates the usage of 'злом' as an instrumental case singular form of 'зло', meaning 'evil'.
Считая злом, он сразу отверг это предложение.
Considering it (as) evil, he immediately rejected this proposal.
Here, 'злом' is used in an instrumental case to describe the characteristic being attributed to the subject.
Плавать злом против течения было его хобби.
Swimming as a challenge against the current was his hobby.
This sentence creatively uses 'злом' in a descriptive metaphorical context, implying difficulty or adversarial action.
Hear it in real podcasts
The recording above is a synthetic voice. Hear how people say “злом” in actual Russian podcasts.
Find “злом” in podcastsLearn it from shows you like
LangTurbo plays Russian podcasts with a transcript and the English under every line. Tap a word like this one and it tells you what it means right there. For iPhone, iPad and Android.
Learning English?
LangTurbo plays real English podcasts with every line translated into русский, and tells you what any word means in that sentence. For iPhone, iPad and Android.
Russian books and courses on Amazon (an affiliate link: a purchase through it supports this site).