No. 5,912 in Russian
родственником
"Relative" or "family member."
In a sentence
Он является моим дальним родственником.
He is my distant relative.
Here, 'родственником' is used in the instrumental case to indicate the state or role of being a relative.
Искать родственников в архивных документах достаточно сложно.
Finding relatives in archival documents is quite challenging.
In this context, 'родственников' (plural of 'родственник') is in the genitive plural form, used to denote the object of search.
Я встретился с новым родственником на семейном празднике.
I met a new relative at the family celebration.
'Родственником' here is employed in the instrumental case to describe the person with whom the meeting took place.
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