No. 12,388 in Russian
картин
The word "картин" is the genitive plural form of "картина," which means "paintings" or "pictures" in English.
In a sentence
Я коллекционирую старинные картины.
I collect antique paintings.
The word 'картин' is the plural genitive case of the noun 'картина', meaning 'painting'. It is used here to indicate possession or collection, as in 'of paintings'.
В музее представлено несколько уникальных картин.
There are several unique paintings presented in the museum.
In this sentence, 'картин' again is in the plural genitive case and is used as an object in an implying prepositional structure such as 'несколько' (several).
Он профессионально занимается реставрацией картин.
He professionally works on the restoration of paintings.
Here 'картин' is once more the plural genitive case of 'картина', providing information about the type of work being done — restoration of paintings.
Hear it in real podcasts
The recording above is a synthetic voice. Hear how people say “картин” in actual Russian podcasts.
Find “картин” 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).