кон

noun, masculine, inanimate

Very rarely used word (top 20,000)

bet/stake in a game
Example:
Игрок сделал большой кон и выиграл.
The player placed a big bet and won.

Info: In everyday only used as на кону - at stake, on the line, being risked. For the other meanings you’ll usually see конь for "horse" and ставка/бет/ставить for "bet".

Examples

На ко́ну моя́ репута́ция.My reputation is at stake.

Многое поставлено на кон.There's a lot at stake.

На кон поставлено много.There's a lot at stake.

Не облажайся. На ко́ну моя́ за́дница.Don't screw up. My ass is on the line.

На ко́ну стоят жи́зни.There are lives at stake.

Я чу́вствовал, что на ко́ну была́ моя́ честь.I felt that my honor was at stake.

На ко́ну бу́дущее наше́й компа́нии. После́дние не́сколько лет мы терпе́ли большие убы́тки.The future of our company is at stake. We have been heavily in the red for the last couple of years.

На ко́ну слишком многое.There's too much at stake.

Я должен знать, что стоит на ко́ну.I have to know what's at stake.

Declension

Note: Stress change.

	singular	plural
nom.nominative	ко́н	коны́
gen.genitive	ко́на	коно́в
dat.dative	ко́ну	кона́м
acc.accusative	ко́н	коны́
inst.instrumental	ко́ном	кона́ми
prep.prepositional	ко́не на кону́	кона́х

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a bet game in stake