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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).

конь

noun, masculine, 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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horse

Also: steed, vaulting horse

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knight (chess piece)

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Сего́дня ты на коне, а за́втра мо́жешь оказа́ться под конём. Смири́сь с э́тим. Accept that some days you're the pigeon and some days you're the statue.
Ша́хматные фигу́ры: пе́шка, конь, слон, ладья́, ферзь, коро́ль. The chess pieces are pawn, knight, bishop, rook, queen, and king.
Како́го цвета был бе́лый конь Генриха IV? What colour was Henri IV's white horse?
Можно привести́ коня́ к воде, но нельзя заста́вить его пить. You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink.
Гре́ки сооруди́ли гига́нтского деревя́нного коня́. The Greeks built a giant wooden horse.
Ста́рый конь борозды не испо́ртит. An old ox makes straight furrows.
Конь вороной. The horse is black.
Привяжи́те коня́ к тому де́реву. Tie the horse to that tree.
Мой оте́ц говори́т, что планирует купи́ть мне коня́. My father says he's planning to buy me a horse.
Он упа́л с коня́. He fell off the horse.

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Declension

Normal Singular only Plural only Indeclinable

Note: Stress change

	singular	plural
nom. nominative	ко́нь	ко́ни
gen. genitive	коня́	коне́й
dat. dative	коню́	коня́м
acc. accusative	коня́	коне́й
inst. instrumental	конём	коня́ми
prep. prepositional	коне́	коня́х