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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).

бой

noun, masculine, inanimate
often used word

Noun basics

Gender: none/unknown masculine feminine both (m & f) neuter plural only

Is it living?: (unknown) inanimate animate

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Translation

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beating

Also: breakage

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battle

Also: combat, engagement

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fight

Also: fighting, struggle

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striking (of a clock)

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The word has two prepositional case variants: a locative form - "в бою́", and a descriptive form - "о бо́е", "знать толк в бо́е".

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Бой дли́лся три секу́нды. The fight lasted three seconds.
Ры́царь пал в бо́ю. The knight fell in battle.
Э́то не че́стный бой. It's not a fair fight.
Э́то был не че́стный бой. It wasn't a fair fight.
Том был смертельно ра́нен в бо́ю. Tom was fatally wounded in the battle.
Пригото́вься к бо́ю. Prepare for combat.
Боксёры до́лжны взве́шиваться пе́ред бо́ем. Boxers have to weigh in before a fight.
Он был ра́нен в бо́ю. He was wounded in battle.
Иску́сство совреме́нной войны необязательно тре́бует вооружа́ть до зубо́в солда́т для того́, чтобы они бы́ли эффекти́вны в бо́ю. The art of modern warfare does not necessarily require soldiers to be armed to the teeth to be effective as combatants.
Он был уби́т в бо́ю. He was slain in battle.

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Declension

Normal Singular only Plural only Indeclinable

Note: Stress change

	singular	plural
nom. nominative	бо́й	бои́
gen. genitive	бо́я	боёв
dat. dative	бо́ю	боя́м
acc. accusative	бо́й	бои́
inst. instrumental	бо́ем	боя́ми
prep. prepositional	бо́е бою́	боя́х