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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).

нож

noun, masculine, inanimate
somewhat often used word (top 2000)

Noun basics

Gender: none/unknown masculine feminine both (m & f) neuter plural only

Is it living?: (unknown) inanimate animate

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

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Translation

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The examples in this format please: Ру'сский текст - english text

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knife

Also: table-knife, penknife, clasp-knife

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Я не нахожу́ нож. I can't find the knife.
Ре́жьте мя́со ножо́м. Cut the meat with a knife.
Я бы хоте́л нож. I'd like to have a knife.
Есть ножо́м некульту́рно. It is bad manners to eat with a knife.
Я бы хоте́ла нож. I'd like to have a knife.
Том вы́тащил нож из я́щика на ку́хне. Tom took a knife out of a drawer in the kitchen.
Она зарезала его ножо́м. She killed him with a knife.
Тому ну́жен о́стрый нож. Tom needs a sharp knife.
Она пошла́ за мной на ку́хню и взяла́ нож. She followed me into the kitchen and picked up a knife.
Дай мне нож, чтобы перерезать э́тот шнур. Give me a knife to cut this string with.

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Declension

Normal Singular only Plural only Indeclinable

Note: Stress change

	singular	plural
nom. nominative	но́ж	ножи́
gen. genitive	ножа́	ноже́й
dat. dative	ножу́	ножа́м
acc. accusative	но́ж	ножи́
inst. instrumental	ножо́м	ножа́ми
prep. prepositional	ноже́	ножа́х