No. 692 in Ukrainian
смерті
The Ukrainian word "смерті" means "death" in English.
In a sentence
Після смерті друга, вона була дуже сумною.
After the death of her friend, she was very sad.
Here, "смерті" denotes a person's passing away, used in the genitive case to indicate possession or relation.
Він стояв перед лицем смерті, але не здавався.
He stood in the face of death but did not give up.
In this context, "смерті" symbolizes a conceptual encounter with death, also in the genitive case, attributed to a fixed expression.
Я бачу боротьбу життя і смерті у цій сцені.
I see the struggle of life and death in this scene.
Here, "смерті" represents the idea of death in an abstract sense, in the genitive case to show opposition in a figurative expression.
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