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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).

за́яц

noun, male, animate
Partner зайчи́ха
somewhat often used word (#2415)

Noun basics

Gender: none/unknown male female 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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hare

Also: hare fur, stowaway, gate-crasher

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Нелегко пойма́ть за́йца го́лыми рука́ми. It is not easy to catch a hare with your bare hands.
Трудно пойма́ть за́йца го́лыми рука́ми. It is not easy to catch a hare with your bare hands.
У за́йца течёт кровь из уха. The rabbit's ear is bleeding.
Э́то убьёт двух за́йцев одним вы́стрелом. It will kill two birds with one stone.
Соба́ка бежа́ла за за́йцем. The dog ran after the rabbit.
Почему за́яц явля́ется си́мволом Па́схи? Why is the rabbit a symbol for Easter?
Охо́тник охо́тился на за́йцев со свое́й соба́кой. The hunter hunted rabbits with his dog.
За двумя за́йцами побежи́шь — ни одного не пойма́ешь. If you run after two hares, you will catch neither.
За́яц укра́л морко́вь из са́да. The hare stole carrots from the garden.
Вы́шел за́яц на крыльцо́ почеса́ть своё яйцо́. Су́нул ла́пу - нет яйца! Так и гро́хнулся с крыльца. The hare went out to the porch to scratch his balls. He thrust his paw - no balls there! Thus he fell down from the porch.

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Declension

Normal Singular only Plural only Indeclinable

	singular	plural
nom. nominative	за́яц	за́йцы
gen. genitive	за́йца	за́йцев
dat. dative	за́йцу	за́йцам
acc. accusative	за́йца	за́йцев
inst. instrumental	за́йцем	за́йцами
prep. prepositional	за́йце	за́йцах