Страховой депозит указан в акте возврата.

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Breakdown of Страховой депозит указан в акте возврата.

• указать: to indicate
• страховой депозит: the security deposit
• акт возврата: the return record

Questions & Answers about Страховой депозит указан в акте возврата.

Why is депозит in the form депозит, not депозита or something else?

Because депозит is the grammatical subject of the sentence, so it appears in the nominative case.

In Страховой депозит указан в акте возврата, the basic structure is:

• страховой депозит = the security deposit
• указан = is stated / is indicated
• в акте возврата = in the return report/document

So the sentence is literally built like The security deposit is stated in the return document.

What exactly is указан here?

Указан is the short-form passive participle of the verb указать, which means to indicate, to specify, or to state.

So указан means something like:

• indicated
• specified
• stated

In this kind of sentence, Russian often uses a short passive participle where English uses is + past participle:

• Депозит указан = The deposit is specified / is stated

Even though the Russian form looks like a past participle, in sentences like this it often describes a current stated fact.

Why is it указан, not указано or ?