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а б в г д е ё ж з и й к л м н о п р с т у ф х ц ч ш щ ъ ы ь э ю я

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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):

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horse

Also: steed, vaulting horse

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knight (chess piece)

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Examples

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Привяжи́те коня́ к тому де́реву. Tie the horse to that tree.
Я наклони́л го́лову. Не пе́шка, а конь? I tilt my head. Not the pawn, but the knight?
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.
Коня́! Коня́! Полцарства за коня́! A horse! A horse! My kingdom for a horse!
У меня есть конь. I have a horse.
У меня есть бе́лый конь. I've got a white horse.
Гре́ки сооруди́ли гига́нтского деревя́нного коня́. The Greeks built a giant wooden horse.
Том покорми́л своего́ коня́. Tom fed his horse.
Како́го цвета был бе́лый конь Генриха IV? What colour was Henri IV's white horse?
Слеза́й с коня́. Get off your 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