No. 17,376 in Russian
тек
The Russian word "тек" means "flowed" (past tense of "to flow").
In a sentence
Ручей тихо тек сквозь лес.
The stream quietly flowed through the forest.
Here, 'тек' is the past tense of the verb 'течь', which means 'to flow', describing the movement of water.
Текло время, и мы стали старше.
Time flowed, and we became older.
Here, 'текло' is the past tense of 'течь', referring metaphorically to the passage of time.
Потоки воздуха текли через комнату.
Streams of air flowed through the room.
In this sentence, 'текли' is the plural past tense form of 'течь', used to describe the movement of air streams.
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