валентина

This is the 2049th most frequent Russian word.


валентина

"Валентина" is a Russian female given name, equivalent to "Valentina" in English.


In this sentence, 'Валентина' is used as a proper noun functioning as the subject, referring to a person's name.

Валентина подарила нам книгу.

Valentina gave us a book.


Here, 'Валентина' is part of a set phrase (Святого Валентина), referring to Saint Valentine.

На день Святого Валентина мы обмениваемся открытками.

On Valentine's Day, we exchange cards.


In this context, 'валентине' is a grammatical form of 'Валентин', denoting Saint Valentine, in the prepositional case.

Эта история о святом Валентине.

This story is about Saint Valentine.