No. 12,414 in Russian
кафиры
"Кафиры" refers to "infidels" or "non-believers" in a religious context, often used in Islamic terminology.
In a sentence
Эти кафиры живут в деревне на окраине.
These Kafirs live in a village on the outskirts.
In this sentence, 'кафиры' refers to a specific group of people, using the noun in its plural form.
В исторических текстах слово 'кафиры' обозначает неверующих.
In historical texts, the word 'Kafirs' denotes unbelievers.
Here, 'кафиры' is used in a historical or religious context to signify individuals of a particular belief status.
Часто слово 'кафиры' употребляли в литературе для обозначения не христиан.
Often the word 'Kafirs' was used in literature to denote non-Christians.
This sentence explains the word's common literary use as a term for people not adhering to a particular religion.
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