No. 170 in Russian
часов
The Russian word "часов" means "hours" (genitive plural form or partitive form of "час").
In a sentence
Мне нужно купить батарейки для часов.
I need to buy batteries for the clock.
In this sentence, 'часов' is in the genitive plural form, used to indicate possession ('of the clock').
Мы будем гулять около трех часов.
We will walk for about three hours.
In this sentence, 'часов' denotes a period of time (hours) in the genitive plural form to indicate an approximate duration.
Срок выполнения задачи – два часа максимум.
The task completion timeframe is two hours maximum.
In this sentence, 'часа' is used in the genitive singular form to express a specific time duration, whereas 'часов' would be used for numbers five and above.
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