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кот

noun, masculine, animate
Partner ко́шка
somewhat often used word (top 2000)

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):

B2 Animals

Translation

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На том сту́ле есть кот. There is a cat on the chair.
У неё есть бе́лый кот. She has a white cat.
Э́тот бе́дный кот был почти мёртв от го́лода. This poor cat almost died of hunger.
Когда на у́лице загреме́л гром и блесну́ла мо́лния, кот пу́лей влете́л под стол. The cat shot under the table when thunder rumbled and lightning flashed outside.
У меня есть кот и соба́ка. Кот чёрный, а соба́ка белая. I have a cat and a dog. The cat's black and the dog's white.
Кот спит на сту́ле. The cat is sleeping on the chair.
Я гляде́л на соба́ку, но, взглянув иначе, уви́дел кота́. I was looking at the dog, but, with another look, it had turned into a cat.
Они назва́ли свои́х кото́в То́мом и Джерри. They named their cats Tom and Jerry.
Кот не челове́к. A cat is not a human being!
То́лстый бе́лый кот сиде́л на стене и смотре́л на них со́нными глаза́ми. A fat white cat sat on a wall and watched them with sleepy eyes.

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Declension

Normal Singular only Plural only Indeclinable

Note: Stress change

	singular	plural
nom. nominative	кот	коты́
gen. genitive	кота́	кото́в
dat. dative	коту́	кота́м
acc. accusative	кота́	кото́в
inst. instrumental	кото́м	кота́ми
prep. prepositional	коте́	кота́х