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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, animate
rarely used word (#5785)
rarely used word (#5785)
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The examples in this format please: Ру'сский текст - english text
The examples in this format please: Ру'сский текст - english text
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1.
beetle
Also: rogue
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- Том раздави́л жука́. Tom squashed the bug.
- Том налови́л жуко́в и посади́л их в ба́нку, затем он проде́лал отве́рстие в кры́шке, чтобы жука́м бы́ло чем дыша́ть. Tom caught some bugs and put them in a jar. He then punched a hole in the lid of the jar so that the bugs could breathe.
- У Тома отли́чно получа́ется лови́ть жуко́в. Tom is very good at catching bugs.
- Том налови́л жуко́в и посади́л их в ба́нку, затем он проде́лал отве́рстие в кры́шке, чтобы жука́м бы́ло чем дыша́ть. Tom caught some bugs and put them in a jar. He then punched a hole in the lid of the jar so that the bugs could breathe.
- Мой оте́ц раньше е́здил на "жуке́". My dad used to drive a Beetle.
- Жук всё ещё жив. The bug is still alive.
- Э́то не жук. It's not a bug.
- «Я слишком взро́слый, чтобы игра́ть с жука́ми,» — сказа́л ма́льчик. I'm too old to be playing with bugs, said the boy.
- Хоро́ший у вас план, това́рищ Жуко́в. You have a good plan, Comrade Zhukov.
- Жуки́, ба́бочки и тарака́ны - насеко́мые. Beetles, butterflies and cockroaches are insects.
Declension
Note: Stress change
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nom. nominative | жук | жуки́ |
| gen. genitive | жука́ | жуко́в |
| dat. dative | жуку́ | жука́м |
| acc. accusative | жука́ | жуко́в |
| inst. instrumental | жуко́м | жука́ми |
| prep. prepositional | жуке́ | жука́х |
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