Italian - Russian Dictionary
/di/
Di is a preposition meaning 'of' in English. It expresses possession, origin, material composition, and introduces comparisons, translated into Russian by genitive case endings, prepositional phrases like из, от, or с, and comparison markers like чем or нежели.
| # | Type | Italian | Russian |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | preposition | di possessive genitive: belonging to | -ов |
| 2 | preposition | di possessive genitive: belonging to | -ев |
| 3 | preposition | di possessive genitive: belonging to | -ёв |
| 4 | preposition | di possessive genitive: belonging to | -ин |
| 5 | preposition | di possessive genitive: belonging to | -ын |
| 6 | preposition | di with the origin, starting point or initial reference of or at | из |
| 7 | preposition | di with the origin, starting point or initial reference of or at | от |
| 8 | preposition | di with the origin, starting point or initial reference of or at | с |
| 9 | preposition | di with the source or provenance of or at | из |
| 10 | preposition | di with the source or provenance of or at | от |
| 11 | preposition | di with the source or provenance of or at | с |
| 12 | preposition | di Introduces a comparison | чем |
| 13 | preposition | di Introduces a comparison | нежели |
| 14 | preposition | di Introduces a comparison | неже archaic |
| 15 | preposition | di containing, comprising or made from | из |
| 16 | preposition | di with the separation, exclusion or differentiation of | от |
| 17 | preposition | di introducing topic or subject matter | о |
| 18 | preposition | di introducing topic or subject matter | об |
| 19 | preposition | di introducing topic or subject matter | про |
| 20 | preposition | di introducing topic or subject matter | насчёт |
| 21 | preposition | di denoting a price | по |
| 22 | preposition | di indicates steady progression | за |
| 23 | preposition | di indicating amount of change, difference or discrepancy | на |
La casa di mio padre è grande.
Дом моего отца большой.
Vengo di Roma.
Я родом из Рима.
Questo tavolo è di legno.
Этот стол сделан из дерева.
Di is one of the most frequent prepositions in Italian and often corresponds to Russian genitive case without an explicit preposition. When indicating origin or source, use из, от, or с depending on context. In comparisons, di introduces the second element and may translate to чем or нежели.
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