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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).

ку́рица

noun, animate
somewhat often used word (#4622)

Noun basics

Noun gender partner (e.g. кошка for кот):

Is it living?: (unknown) inanimate animate

Translation

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hen

Also: chicken

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Та лиса, должно быть, уби́ла ку́рицу. That fox must have killed the hen.
Она поста́вила ку́рицу в печь. She put the chicken in the oven.
Что бы́ло раньше - ку́рица или яйцо́? What came first? The egg or the hen?
Я люблю́ ку́рицу. I like chicken.
Он уме́ет ощи́пывать ку́рицу. He knows how to pluck a chicken.
Ку́рица снесла́ яйцо́. The hen has laid an egg.
Я купи́ла ку́рицы, хоть Том и проси́л меня купи́ть говя́дины. I bought chicken, even though Tom wanted me to buy beef.
Вы́потрошите ку́рицу пе́ред тем, как её гото́вить. Remove the chicken's giblets before cooking.
Вчера́ наши ку́рицы снесли́ много яи́ц. Our hens laid a lot of eggs yesterday.
Даже чёрная ку́рица несёт бе́лые яйца. Even a black hen lays white eggs.

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Declension

Normal Singular only Plural only Indeclinable

	singular	plural
nom. nominative	ку́рица	ку́ры
gen. genitive	ку́рицы	ку́р
dat. dative	ку́рице	ку́рам
acc. accusative	ку́рицу	ку́р
inst. instrumental	ку́рицей ку́рицею	ку́рами
prep. prepositional	ку́рице	ку́рах