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Mark the stress in russian words with a ' character behind the vowel, e.g. ру'чки, this will be converted to ру́чки. Leave out the stress when it is unambiguous, which is when the word contains ё or only one vowel (the vowels are а, я, э, е, ы, и, о, ё, у and ю).
noun, female, animate
somewhat often used word (#4784)
somewhat often used word (#4784)
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The examples in this format please: Ру'сский текст - english text
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butterfly
Also: bow-tie, dicky-tie
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Examples
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- Я люблю́ ба́бочек! I love butterflies!
- О, гляди́, ба́бочка! Oh, there's a butterfly!
- Летящая по не́бу лету́чая мышь похо́жа на ба́бочку. A bat flying in the sky looks like a butterfly.
- Продолжи́тельность жи́зни ба́бочки составля́ет три дня. The lifetime of a butterfly is three days.
- Ба́бочки краси́вые. Butterflies are beautiful.
- Мы уви́дели много желтых ба́бочек сего́дня. We saw a lot of yellow butterflies today.
- Ба́бочка села на ру́ку. The butterfly landed on the hand.
- У меня ба́бочки в животе́. I have butterflies in my stomach.
- Гу́сеница преврати́лась в ба́бочку. The caterpillar turned into a butterfly.
- Ба́бочка лете́ла. The butterfly flew.
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nom. nominative | ба́бочка | ба́бочки |
| gen. genitive | ба́бочки | ба́бочек |
| dat. dative | ба́бочке | ба́бочкам |
| acc. accusative | ба́бочку | ба́бочек |
| inst. instrumental |
ба́бочкой ба́бочкою |
ба́бочками |
| prep. prepositional | ба́бочке | ба́бочках |
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