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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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Хо́чешь немного ку́рицы? Do you want some chicken?
На вкус как ку́рица. This tastes like chicken.
Что бы́ло раньше - ку́рица или яйцо́? What came first? The egg or the hen?
Кри́тик — э́то ку́рица, кото́рая куда́хчет, пока остальные несу́т яйца. A critic is a hen that clucks while others are laying.
Ку́рица снесла́ яйцо́. The hen has laid an egg.
Даже чёрная ку́рица несёт бе́лые яйца. Even a black hen lays white eggs.
Мне нельзя ку́рицу. I can't eat chicken.
Киви — нелетающая пти́ца, разме́ром сопостави́мая с ку́рицей. The kiwi is a flightless bird of comparable size to the chicken.
Том помести́л ку́рицу в духо́вку. Tom put the chicken in the oven.
Некоторые не лю́бят ку́рицу. Some people don't like chicken.

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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