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лес

noun, masculine, inanimate

Daily used word (top 300)

Translation

  • 1.

    woods

    Also: forest

    Info: в

  • 2.

    timber

    Also: lumber (singular only)

  • 3.

    scaffolding

    Also: (plural only)

    Info: леса́

  • 4.

    much

    Also: many (figurative)

    Example: лес рук - a forest of hands, a great many hands

Usage info

Certain masculine nouns take the ending -у after the prepositions в and на, though not after other prepositions taking the prepositional case. These nouns include: лес – в лесу ‘in the forest’; берег – на берегу ‘on the bank’; пол – на полу ‘on the floor’; сад – в саду ‘in the garden’; угол – в углу ‘in the corner’; год – в прошлом году ‘last year’; шкаф – в шкафу ‘in the cupboard’; Крым – в Крыму ‘in the Crimea’.

Examples

Declension

Note: Stress change.

singularplural
nom.nominative

лес

леса́

gen.genitive

ле́са

лесо́в

dat.dative

ле́су

леса́м

acc.accusative

лес

леса́

inst.instrumental

ле́сом

леса́ми

prep.prepositional

о ле́се

в лесу́

леса́х

Contributions

  • 351mtc edited translation 5 days ago.
  • pyz9188 edited usage info 1 year ago.
  • Sandy edited declension 3 years ago.
  • Дёвьсынъ edited translation 3 years ago.

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