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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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Usage Info

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Examples

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Мы расчи́стили путь через лес. We cleared a path through the woods.
Мы прошли́ сквозь лес и пришли́ к о́зеру. We went through the woods and came to a lake.
Я пошёл в лес один. I walked in the woods by myself.
Он срезал через лес. He took a shortcut through the forest.
Дорога в Каза́нь пролега́ет через густо́й, глухо́й лес. The road to Kazan lies through a dense forest.
Лес киши́т обезья́нами. The forest is teeming with monkeys.
Он прошёл через лес. He walked through the forest.
Том провёл нас через лес. Tom guided us through the woods.
Рабо́та не волк, в лес не убежи́т. Don't try to do too much.
В про́шлой жи́зни я был лесом. In my past life, I was a 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