положение

Russian

Etymology

положи́ть (položítʹ, to put, to lay) + -е́ние (-énije)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [pəlɐˈʐɛnʲɪje]
  • (file)

Noun

положе́ние (položénije) n inan (genitive положе́ния, nominative plural положе́ния, genitive plural положе́ний)

  1. position, location
  2. situation
    па́товое положе́ниеpátovoje položénije(chess) stalemate (literally, “stalemate situation”)
  3. state, condition
    в интересном положе́нии (euphemism)v interesnom položéniipregnant (literally, “in an interesting state”)
  4. standing
  5. thesis
  6. (plural) regulations

Declension

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