No. 3,486 in Russian
пустыне
"Пустыне" is not a correct form; the correct word is "пустыня," meaning "desert."
In a sentence
Я видел большую ящерицу в пустыне.
I saw a large lizard in the desert.
Here, 'пустыне' is used in the prepositional case to signify location ('in the desert').
Жизнь в пустыне может быть очень трудной.
Life in the desert can be very hard.
In this sentence, 'пустыне' also takes the prepositional case to describe conditions of life in the desert.
В пустыне растет мало растений.
Few plants grow in the desert.
Once again, 'пустыне' is in the prepositional case, indicating that the plants are located there ('in the desert').
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