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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).

ду́ра

noun, feminine, animate
somewhat often used word

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):

Translation

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foolish woman

Also: fool, idiot

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Вы ду́ра? Are you an idiot?
Я ощуща́ла себя кру́глой ду́рой. I felt like a big fool.
Каки́е они ду́ры! What fools they are!
Судьба́ не ду́ра, зря люде́й своди́ть не ста́нет... Destiny is not a fool, it will not make people meet for nothing ...
Я не ду́ра. I'm no fool.
Кака́я же ты все-таки ду́ра. How big an idiot are you?
Ты така́я ду́ра! You're such an idiot!
Ты пра́вда ду́маешь, что я така́я ду́ра, чтобы в э́то пове́рить? Do you really think I'm stupid enough to believe that?
Она не ду́ра. She's not stupid.
Ты вы́ставила себя ду́рой. You made a fool of yourself.

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Declension

Normal Singular only Plural only Indeclinable

	singular	plural
nom. nominative	ду́ра	ду́ры
gen. genitive	ду́ры	ду́р
dat. dative	ду́ре	ду́рам
acc. accusative	ду́ру	ду́р
inst. instrumental	ду́рой ду́рою	ду́рами
prep. prepositional	ду́ре	ду́рах