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кни́га

noun, feminine, inanimate
daily used word (top 300)

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):

B1 Literature

Translation

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book

Also: volume

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У моего́ отца́ много книг. My father has a lot of books.
Он пишет кни́ги. He writes books.
Он рад, что его сын лю́бит кни́ги. He is glad about his son's love of books.
Не все кни́ги стоит чита́ть. Not all the books are worth reading.
Како́е у кни́ги назва́ние? What is the title of the book?
После до́лгих поисков, мне удалось доста́ть кни́гу. I managed to acquire the book after a long search.
У него слишком много книг. He has too many books.
После́дняя глава́ э́той кни́ги. The last chapter of this book.
Я ви́жу на столе́ кни́гу. I see a book on the desk.
Ма́льчик, кото́рый чита́ет кни́гу, — Джон. The boy reading a book is John.

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Declension

Normal Singular only Plural only Indeclinable

	singular	plural
nom. nominative	кни́га	кни́ги
gen. genitive	кни́ги	кни́г
dat. dative	кни́ге	кни́гам
acc. accusative	кни́гу	кни́ги
inst. instrumental	кни́гой кни́гою	кни́гами
prep. prepositional	кни́ге	кни́гах