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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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Я наклони́л го́лову. Не пе́шка, а конь? I tilt my head. Not the pawn, but the knight?
Попридержи коне́й. Hold your horses.
Как зову́т коня́? What's the horse's name?
Одино́кий рейнджер сел на своего́ коня́ и поскака́л на за́пад. The Lone Ranger got on his horse and rode off into the sunset.
Я трениру́ю коня́ к скачкам. I am training a horse for the race.
Попридержи коне́й, Том! Tom, hold your horses.
Она с легкостью забрала́сь на коня́. She mounted the horse with ease.
Коня́! Коня́! Полцарства за коня́! A horse! A horse! My kingdom for a horse!
Коня́! Коня́! Полцарства за коня́! A horse! A horse! My kingdom for a horse!
Ко́ни — поле́зные живо́тные. Horses are useful animals.

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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