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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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Я нёсся как мо́лния. I ran like lightning.
Вспы́шка мо́лнии предше́ствует уда́ру гро́ма. The flash of lightning precedes the sound of thunder.
У меня мо́лнию зае́ло. My zipper got stuck.
Его уда́рила мо́лния. He was hit by lightning.
Он пережил уда́р мо́лнией. He survived being struck by lightning.
Тома три ра́за би́ло мо́лнией. Tom has been struck by lightning three times.
Фома был уби́т мо́лнией. Tom was killed by lightning.
Тома уби́ла мо́лния. Tom was killed by lightning.
Вчера́ в дом попа́ла мо́лния. The house was struck by lightning yesterday.
Сверка́ет мо́лния. There is 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