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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)
Noun basics
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ant
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Examples
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- Мне нра́вятся муравьи́. I like ants.
- Он хо́чет изба́виться от муравьёв. He wants to get rid of the ants.
- Терми́тов иногда называ́ют бе́лыми муравья́ми. Termites are sometimes called white ants.
- Пиро́г кише́л муравья́ми. The cake was crawling with ants.
- Э́то ме́сто просто киши́т муравья́ми. This place is crawling with ants.
- На пироге была́ а́рмия муравьёв. There was an army of ants at the cake.
- 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.
- На поле жил кузне́чик и мно́жество муравьёв. A grasshopper and many ants lived in a field.
- Муравьи́, терми́ты и пчёлы — обще́ственные живо́тные. Ants, termites and bees are social animals.
- Рабо́тай как мураве́й. Work as the ant.
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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