No. 645 in Russian
недель
The word "недель" is the genitive plural form of "неделя," meaning "weeks" in English.
In a sentence
Я провёл две недели на побережье.
I spent two weeks on the coast.
Here, "недели" is in genitive plural form and used to represent the duration of time in weeks.
На следующей неделе мы планируем путешествие.
Next week, we are planning a trip.
In this sentence, "неделе" is in prepositional singular form to denote a time location in 'next week'.
Пять недель пролетели очень быстро.
Five weeks flew by very quickly.
Here, "недель" is in genitive plural form as it is the object of a phrase indicating a quantity of weeks, modified by a numeral.
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