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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).
noun, animate
rarely used word (#6653)
rarely used word (#6653)
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ant
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- Sysko тру́дится усердно, как мураве́й. Sysko works like an ant.
- Муравьи́ и жира́фы - да́льние родственники. Giraffes and ants are distant cousins.
- На поле жил кузне́чик и мно́жество муравьёв. A grasshopper and many ants lived in a field.
- Пиро́г кише́л муравья́ми. The cake was crawling with ants.
- Летом муравьи́ собира́ют запа́сы на зи́му. In the summer, ants gather food for the winter.
- Мураве́й мо́жет укуси́ть слоно́вий зад, но слон не мо́жет укуси́ть муравьи́ный. An ant can bite an elephant's butt, but an elephant can't bite an ant's.
- Муравьи́ усердно тру́дятся всё ле́то. Ants work hard all summer.
- Са́хар привлека́ет муравьёв. Sugar draws ants.
- Лю́ди похо́жи на муравьёв. People look like ants.
- Муравьи́ мо́гут поднима́ть предме́ты, тя́жесть кото́рых в 50 раз превыша́ет их со́бственный вес. Ants can lift things that are more than 50 times their own weight.
Declension
Note: Stress change
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nom. nominative | мураве́й | муравьи́ |
| gen. genitive | муравья́ | муравьёв |
| dat. dative | муравью́ | муравья́м |
| acc. accusative | муравья́ | муравьёв |
| inst. instrumental | муравьём | муравья́ми |
| prep. prepositional | муравье́ | муравья́х |
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