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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

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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horse

Also: steed, vaulting horse

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knight (chess piece)

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Конь чёрный. The horse is black.
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.
Он напои́л своего́ коня́. He watered his horse.
Конь на фе́рме. The horse is at the farm.
Я наклони́ла го́лову. Не пе́шка, а конь? I tilt my head. Not the pawn, but the knight?
Принц хо́чет бе́лого коня́. The prince wants a white horse.
Он упа́л с коня́. He fell off the horse.
Она с легкостью забрала́сь на коня́. She mounted the horse with ease.
У меня есть бе́лый конь. I've got a white 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