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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).

дуб

noun, masculine, inanimate
somewhat often used word (top 4000)

Noun basics

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

Is it living?: (unknown) inanimate animate

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

C2 Trees

Translation

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oak

Also: blockhead, numskull

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Э́та па́ра вырезала свои́ инициалы на ду́бе. The couple carved their initials into the oak tree.
Э́тот стол сделан из хоро́шего ду́ба. This table is made of good oak.
Э́то дуб. It's an oak tree.
Он дал ду́бу. He kicked the bucket.
Из желуде́й выраста́ют дубы́. From acorns come oaks.
Ста́рый дуб был почти выше дома. The old oak was almost higher than the house.
Я ду́мал, что Том поса́дит тюльпа́ны возле ду́ба. I thought Tom would plant the tulips near the oak tree.
У нас во дворе́ растёт большо́й дуб. We have a big oak tree in our backyard.
На горе расту́т дубы́? Are there oak trees on the hill?
Ты что, с ду́ба ру́хнул? Are you off your rocker?

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Declension

Normal Singular only Plural only Indeclinable

Note: Stress change

	singular	plural
nom. nominative	ду́б	дубы́
gen. genitive	ду́ба	дубо́в
dat. dative	ду́бу	дуба́м
acc. accusative	ду́б	дубы́
inst. instrumental	ду́бом	дуба́ми
prep. prepositional	ду́бе	дуба́х