Quarantine in Russian 🇷🇺

карантин info.

For 'карантин':

Tips to Remember the Russian Word:
– Think of the English word "quarantine" and notice how similar it is to the Russian 'карантин' (karantin).
– Associate it with the root "karant" (quarantine) and remember the 'ин' (in) ending.

Explanations:
– Карантин (karantin) in Russian is derived from the same origin as the English "quarantine," which historically comes from the Italian word for a 40-day isolation period.
– It specifically refers to a period or condition of isolation to prevent the spread of disease.

Other Words that Mean the Same Thing:
– Изоляция (izolyatsiya) – Isolation.
– Самоизоляция (samoizolyatsiya) – Self-isolation.
– Обсервация (observatsiya) – Observational quarantine, often used in medical contexts.

Alternate Meanings Like Slang:
– Карантин can also be used informally or humorously to describe any enforced or self-imposed isolation, not necessarily due to illness.

Examples of Sentences that Use It:
1. Во время пандемии многие города ввели карантин. (Vo vremya pandemii mnogie goroda vveli karantin.) – During the pandemic, many cities introduced a quarantine.
2. После поездки за границу ему пришлось сидеть на карантине. (Posle poyezdki za granitsu emu prishlos' sidet' na karantine.) – After traveling abroad, he had to sit in quarantine.
3. В школе был объявлен карантин из-за вспышки гриппа. (V shkole byl obyavlen karantin iz-za vspyshki grippa.) – A quarantine was declared at school due to a flu outbreak.

Romanized characters:
– karantin
– izolyatsiya
– samoizolyatsiya
– observatsiya

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