No. 16,046 in Russian
пятым
The Russian word "пятым" means "fifth" in its instrumental case, masculine or neuter singular form.
In a sentence
Он пришёл на встречу пятым.
He came to the meeting fifth.
The word 'пятым' is used here as an ordinal number in the instrumental case, referring to the order in which the subject arrived.
Пятым элементом таблицы был водород.
The fifth element of the table was hydrogen.
The word 'пятым' here denotes the ordinal position of the subject within a list or ranking in the instrumental case.
Я чувствовал себя пятым колесом в этой группе.
I felt like the fifth wheel in this group.
In this expression, 'пятым колесом' metaphorically indicates a surplus or unnecessary entity in a situation.
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