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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, male, animate
somewhat often used word (#1027)

Noun basics

Noun gender partner (e.g. кошка for кот):

Is it living?: (unknown) inanimate animate

Translation

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horse

Also: steed, vaulting horse

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knight (chess piece)

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Он обменя́л свою́ коро́ву на двух коне́й. He exchanged his cow for two horses.
Попридержи коне́й, ю́ноша. Ты не мо́жешь войти́ сюда без пропуска. Hold your horses, young man. You can't enter here unless you have a pass.
Коня́! Коня́! Полцарства за коня́! A horse! A horse! My kingdom for a horse!
Я трениру́ю коня́ к скачкам. I am training a horse for the race.
Дарёному коню́ в зу́бы не смо́трят. Never look a gift horse in the mouth.
Она села на коня́. She mounted the horse.
Ша́хматные фигу́ры: пе́шка, конь, слон, ладья́, ферзь, коро́ль. The chess pieces are pawn, knight, bishop, rook, queen, and king.
Я наклони́л го́лову. Не пе́шка, а конь? I tilt my head. Not the pawn, but the knight?
Како́го цвета был бе́лый конь Генриха IV? What colour was Henri IV's white horse?
Попридержи коне́й. Hold your horses.

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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