No. 8,851 in Russian
предатель
Traitor.
In a sentence
Он предатель, потому что выдал наши секреты врагу.
He is a traitor because he revealed our secrets to the enemy.
The word "предатель" is used here as a noun meaning "traitor," directly describing a person who has betrayed others by providing their secrets to an adversary.
Чувствовать себя предателем после того, как нарушил обещание, очень неприятно.
Feeling like a traitor after breaking a promise is very unpleasant.
In this sentence, "предателем" is an instrumental case of the noun "предатель," used in a figurative sense to describe feelings of remorse for not adhering to one's commitments.
Активист считал, что измена своим идеалам сделала его предателем перед самим собой.
The activist believed that betraying his ideals made him a traitor to himself.
Here, "предателем" refers to a person being unfaithful to their own principles, again in a metaphorical usage of the term "предатель."
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