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а б в г д е ё ж з и й к л м н о п р с т у ф х ц ч ш щ ъ ы ь э ю я

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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).

глава́

noun, female, inanimate
often used word (#487)

Noun basics

Noun gender partner (e.g. кошка for кот):

Is it living?: (unknown) inanimate animate

Translation

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head

Also: chief, cupola, chapter

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С э́той пробле́мой я собира́юсь име́ть де́ло в э́той главе́. I'm going to deal with the problem in this chapter.
Кни́га состои́т из тридцати глав. The book consists of thirty chapters.
Глава́ отде́ла заста́вил меня паха́ть словно раба́. The section chief made me work like a slave.
В кни́ге не хвата́ет второй, пятой и трина́дцатой главы. The book is missing chapters 2, 5, and 13.
Я прочла́ только пе́рвые три главы. I've read only the first three chapters.
В любо́м слу́чае, мы до́лжны зако́нчить э́ту главу́, прежде чем мы начнем сле́дующую. At any rate, we have to finish this chapter before we can start on the next.
Прочита́й к пя́тнице четвёртую главу́. Read chapter four by Friday.
Адвока́ты пе́рвой инста́нции не смогли́ проби́ться через та́ктику блокирования главы ма́фии. The trial lawyers couldn't get past the Mafia leader's stonewalling tactics.
За исключе́нием двух после́дних глав, э́та кни́га мне нра́вится. I like the book pretty well except for the two last chapters.
Том за́нял ме́сто во главе́ стола́. Tom took his place at head of the table.

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Declension

Normal Singular only Plural only Indeclinable

Note: Stress change

	singular	plural
nom. nominative	глава́	гла́вы
gen. genitive	главы́	гла́в
dat. dative	главе́	гла́вам
acc. accusative	главу́	гла́вы
inst. instrumental	главо́й главо́ю	гла́вами
prep. prepositional	главе́	гла́вах