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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).

лиса́

noun, female, animate
very rarely used word (#11987)

Noun basics

Gender: none/unknown male female 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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The examples in this format please: Ру'сский текст - english text

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male / female fox

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2.

foxy fellow

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Usage Info

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The most common Russian word for fox is лисица, while лиса is a bit more poetic and лис specifically means the male.

Examples

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Соба́ка побежа́ла за лисо́й. The dog ran after a fox.

Declension

Normal Singular only Plural only Indeclinable

Note: Stress change

	singular	plural
nom. nominative	лиса́	ли́сы
gen. genitive	лисы́	ли́с
dat. dative	лисе́	ли́сам
acc. accusative	лису́	ли́с
inst. instrumental	лисо́й лисо́ю	ли́сами
prep. prepositional	лисе́	ли́сах