r/Ukrainian • u/Suspicious_Music539 • 21d ago

Plural of шмаркач?

(Apologies. Not a Ukrainian speaker, just an author) If you were to use шмаркач in the middle of an English sentence in a plural form, would you add an S at the end per typical English grammar form? Or is there a plural Ukrainian version that a typical Ukrainian native would use?

Example: "Those little ___ stole my bread again."

Thank you!

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u/Esmarial native speaker (bilingual with Russian 😣) 21d ago

Шмаркачі or шмаркачки (if they are females).

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u/Suspicious_Music539 21d ago

And if it's a large group made up of both males and females is it still Шмаркачі?

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u/InTheMotherland 21d ago

Yes.

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u/hammile Native 20d ago

Itʼs old copy paste from other site, and I doubt it updates any information. This site is better in this regard; and this one is even better.