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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).

о́вощ

noun, masculine, inanimate
rarely used word (top 6000)

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):

C2 Foodstuff

Translation

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vegetable

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Examples

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Помидо́р - э́то фрукт или о́вощ? Is a tomato a fruit or a vegetable?
Баклажа́н — о́вощ. The eggplant is a vegetable.
Как вы называ́ете э́тот о́вощ по-английски? How do you call this vegetable in English?
Карто́фель - о́вощ. Potatoes are vegetables.
Мой люби́мый о́вощ — помидо́р. My favorite vegetable is the tomato.
Са́харный тростни́к — э́то фрукт или о́вощ? Is sugar cane a fruit or a vegetable?
Како́й ваш люби́мый о́вощ? What's your favorite vegetable?
Како́й у Вас люби́мый о́вощ? What is your favorite vegetable?
Как э́тот о́вощ называ́ется по-английски? What do you call this vegetable in English?
Строго говоря, помидо́р - э́то не о́вощ, э́то фрукт. Strictly speaking, the tomato is not a vegetable. It's a fruit.

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Declension

Normal Singular only Plural only Indeclinable

Note: Stress change

	singular	plural
nom. nominative	о́вощ	о́вощи
gen. genitive	о́воща	овоще́й
dat. dative	о́вощу	овоща́м
acc. accusative	о́вощ	о́вощи
inst. instrumental	о́вощем	овоща́ми
prep. prepositional	о́воще	овоща́х