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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).

мо́лния

noun, female, inanimate
somewhat often used word (#2759)

Noun basics

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

Is it living?: (unknown) inanimate animate

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lightning

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zipper

Also: zip-fastener

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express-telegram

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news-flash

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Examples

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Мо́лния на мгнове́ние ослепи́ла меня. The lighting blinded me for a while.
У меня на ку́ртке мо́лния зае́ла. The zipper on my jacket got stuck.
Мо́лния застря́ла. The zipper's stuck.
Фома был уби́т уда́ром мо́лнии. Tom was killed by lightning.
Её уда́рило мо́лнией. She was struck by lightning.
Мо́лния предше́ствует гро́му. Lightning precedes thunder.
Фома был уби́т мо́лнией. Tom was killed by lightning.
Он расстегну́л мо́лнию на су́мке. He opened the bag's zipper.
Сверка́ет мо́лния. There is lightning.
Тридцать лет назад в часы уда́рила мо́лния. Thirty years ago, the clock was struck by lightning.

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Declension

Normal Singular only Plural only Indeclinable

	singular	plural
nom. nominative	мо́лния	мо́лнии
gen. genitive	мо́лнии	мо́лний
dat. dative	мо́лнии	мо́лниям
acc. accusative	мо́лнию	мо́лнии
inst. instrumental	мо́лнией мо́лниею	мо́лниями
prep. prepositional	мо́лнии	мо́лниях