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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).

ко́шка

noun, feminine, animate
Partner кот
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):

A2 Animals

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cat

Also: grapnel, drag, climbing-irons

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Они цапаются как ко́шка с соба́кой. They fight like cat and dog.
Э́то ко́шка или соба́ка? Is it a cat or a dog?
У меня есть ко́шка и соба́ка. Ко́шка чёрная, а соба́ка белая. I have a cat and a dog. The cat's black and the dog's white.
На ку́хне ко́шка. There is a cat in the kitchen.
Если можно сказа́ть, что тигр - э́то большая ко́шка, то можно сказа́ть, что и ко́шка - э́то ма́ленький тигр. If one can say that a tiger is a big cat, one can also say that a cat is a small tiger.
Ко́шка на сту́ле или под сту́лом? Is the cat on or under the chair?
Твоя́ ко́шка от меня пря́чется. Your cat is hiding from me.
Э́то не ко́шка. Э́то соба́ка. It's not a cat. It's a dog.
Ко́шка игра́ла с живо́й мы́шкой. The cat was playing with a live mouse.
У него есть белая ко́шка. He has a white cat.

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Declension

Normal Singular only Plural only Indeclinable

	singular	plural
nom. nominative	ко́шка	ко́шки
gen. genitive	ко́шки	ко́шек
dat. dative	ко́шке	ко́шкам
acc. accusative	ко́шку	ко́шек
inst. instrumental	ко́шкой ко́шкою	ко́шками
prep. prepositional	ко́шке	ко́шках