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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).

лес

noun, male, inanimate
very often used word (#263)

Noun basics

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

Is it living?: (unknown) inanimate animate

Translation

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wood

Also: forest

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timber

Also: lumber

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Examples

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Ты не мо́жешь уви́деть лес за дере́вьями. You can't see the forest for the trees.
Лес ру́бят — ще́пки летя́т. When wood is chopped, woodchips will fly.
Они хотя́т вы́рубить лес, чтобы постро́ить гости́ницу и торго́вый центр. They want to cut down the forest to build a hotel and a shopping mall.
Хва́тит и и́скры, чтобы спали́ть лес. A spark would be enough to burn a forest.
Принц потеря́лся в лесах. The prince was lost in the woods.
Мы иссле́довали амазонский лес. We researched the Amazon rainforest.
Мы разошли́сь и на́чали прочёсывать лес. We spread out and began to search through the woods.
В э́тих лесах во́дятся медве́ди. There are bears in these woods.
Сейчас я живу́ в го́роде. Тем не менее, расстоя́ние между мои́м до́мом и большим лесом всего около киломе́тра. Now I live in a city. Nevertheless, the distance between my house and the large forest is only about a kilometer.
Дорога в Каза́нь пролега́ет через густо́й, глухо́й лес. The road to Kazan lies through a dense forest.

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Declension

Normal Singular only Plural only Indeclinable

Note: Stress change

	singular	plural
nom. nominative	лес	леса́
gen. genitive	ле́са	лесо́в
dat. dative	ле́су	леса́м
acc. accusative	лес	леса́
inst. instrumental	ле́сом	леса́ми
prep. prepositional	лесу́ ле́се	леса́х