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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, male, inanimate
somewhat often used word (#2380)
somewhat often used word (#2380)
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nail
Also: tack, peg
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- А жа́реных гвозде́й не хо́чешь? Я спроси́л, жа́реных гвозде́й не хо́чешь, нет? Well, how about some fried nails? I asked, how about some fried nails, eh?
- Для челове́ка, у кото́рого есть только молото́к в я́щике с инструме́нтами, люба́я пробле́ма похо́жа на гвоздь. To the man who only has a hammer in the toolkit, every problem looks like a nail.
- Он поцара́пал ру́ку гвоздём. He scratched his arm with the nail.
- А жа́реных гвозде́й не хо́чешь? Я спроси́л, жа́реных гвозде́й не хо́чешь, нет? Well, how about some fried nails? I asked, how about some fried nails, eh?
- Я заби́л в сте́ну гвоздь, чтобы пове́сить карти́ну. I hammered a nail into the wall in order to hang a painting.
- Когда у вас есть только молото́к, люба́я пробле́ма начина́ет каза́ться гвоздём. When all you have is a hammer, every problem starts to look like a nail.
- Том пора́нился ржа́вым гвоздём. Tom hurt himself on a rusty nail.
- Он вбил гвоздь свои́м молотко́м. He drove in a nail with his hammer.
- Гвоздь прошёл сквозь сте́ну. The nail went through the wall.
- Он заби́л в доску́ гвоздь. He drove a nail into the board.
Declension
Note: Stress change
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nom. nominative | гво́здь | гво́зди |
| gen. genitive | гвоздя́ | гвозде́й |
| dat. dative | гвоздю́ | гвоздя́м |
| acc. accusative | гво́здь | гво́зди |
| inst. instrumental | гвоздём | гвоздя́ми |
| prep. prepositional | гвозде́ | гвоздя́х |
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