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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, masculine, inanimate
daily used word

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):

Translation

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wood

Also: forest

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timber

Also: lumber

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Examples

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Лес ру́бят — ще́пки летя́т. When wood is chopped, woodchips will fly.
Она боя́лась идти́ через лес. She was afraid to pass through the woods.
Рабо́та не волк, в лес не убежи́т. Don't try to do too much.
Когда начну́т руби́ть лес? When will they start logging?
Путеше́ственник шёл через лес, насвистывая. The traveller went whistling through the forest.
Дорога в Каза́нь пролега́ет через густо́й, глухо́й лес. The road to Kazan lies through a dense forest.
Лес киши́т вся́кими опа́сными тва́рями, включая звере́й, змей, ядови́тых насеко́мых и много чего ещё. The forest is filled with dangerous creatures, including beasts, snakes, poisonous insects, and whatnot.
Лес гори́т. The forest is burning.
Лес очень густо́й. The forest is very thick.
Василиса положи́ла ку́клу в карма́н, перекрести́лась и отпра́вилась в тёмный дрему́чий лес. Vasilissa put the doll back into her pocket, crossed herself and started out into the dark, wild 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