ruka
a hand, an arm; a side (as in the right-hand side)
рука (кисть и вся рука); сторона (по правую руку — справа)
With stress
rúka
In Cyrillic
рука
Examples from the lessons
In phrasebooks
Appears in lessons
- Reading fluencyThe five vowelsThe consonant inventoryFirst palatalisationSecond palatalisationThe four accentsWords told apart by accentGenitive plural
Appears in immersion pieces
Why Brutus turned on Caesar · Restaurant as theater in China: the waiter sings orders · Autumn preserves marathon and the market · Buyers keep coming, but energy is fading · Manet’s nightlife: fun and loneliness · A Storm Forces Him into the Abandoned Mill · The bat as a scapegoat · Granddaughter Nina: a young local guide · Starting the beans: pot & prep · Old Walnut, Broken Ladder · A 50th Birthday Alone—and Life on the Road · A “hidden base” in Belgrade: what was it? · Krupaja spring: fair-like crowds, swimmers, and trash · Amulets “for everything”: job, money, and love · Flour, pan prep, and how to tell it’s done · Beginner rule: 3–4 full-body workouts/week · When to plant seedlings & berry prices · Eggs for 220 dinars… and a chicken attack · Two-ply or three-ply? · First cappuccino lesson: “2 out of 10” · Toilet paper, bidets, and a market snack · Eat slowly, eat on schedule: the basics · Brutus’s end and the conspirators’ shadow · No One Will Cut the “Cursed” Walnut · Back Home: Telling the Night’s Story · Separate the eggs and whip the whites with sugar · Day 3 + why glutes can help your back · Found cash in pockets—still not a plan · The girl who outwitted the tsar · The cheapest item at Hugo Boss: socks · The Hessdalen lights: glowing orbs over the valley · At the gas station, water costs more than Coke · What went wrong: breakdown with a paint analogy · No more “just one bite”: school nostalgia
Next to it in the phrasebook
- glávaa head (also of a family, of garlic); a chapter (of a book, a law)
- lícea face; a person (in grammar and law); the right side (of fabric)
- ȍkoan eye (neuter; plural oči, feminine); around, about (+ Gen.)
- ȕhoan ear (in Serbia more often uvo)
- nȏsnose
- ústamouth (plural only)
- zȗba tooth (also of a saw or a gear)
- jèzika language; a tongue (the organ)
- kòsahair (on the head)
- vrȃta neck (of a body, a bottle, an instrument)