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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

Translation

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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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Он расстегну́л мо́лнию на су́мке. He opened the bag's zipper.
В дом Тома уда́рила мо́лния. Tom's house was struck by lightning.
Фома был уби́т мо́лнией. Tom was killed by lightning.
Я нёсся как мо́лния. I ran like lightning.
В де́рево уда́рила мо́лния. The tree was struck by lightning.
Фома был уби́т уда́ром мо́лнии. Tom was killed by lightning.
Мо́лния уда́рила в ба́шню. Lightning struck the tower.
Тридцать лет назад в часы уда́рила мо́лния. Thirty years ago, the clock was struck by lightning.
У меня на ку́ртке мо́лния зае́ла. The zipper on my jacket got stuck.
Сверкну́ла мо́лния. The lightning flashed.

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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