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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).

оле́нь

noun, male, animate
somewhat often used word (#2965)

Noun basics

Gender: none/unknown male female both (m & f) neuter plural only

Is it living?: (unknown) inanimate animate

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

Translation

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deer

Also: reindeer

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Стой! На доро́ге оле́нь. Stop! There's a deer on the road.
Оле́нь скорее бы́стрый, чем си́льный. The deer is more rapid than strong.
Он не мог заста́вить себя застрели́ть оле́ня. He couldn't bring himself to shoot the deer.
Охо́тник сдира́л шку́ру с оле́ня. The hunter was skinning the deer.
Мы сби́ли оле́ня. We hit a deer.
Наша соба́ка рвану́ла за большим оле́нем. Our pointer took off after a big deer.
Молоко́ э́того оле́ня на самом де́ле хоро́шее? Is the milk from this deer really good?
Он сде́лал краси́вый сни́мок оле́ня. He took a beautiful shot at a deer.
Лань — э́то са́мка оле́ня. A doe is a female deer.
Том подстрели́л оле́ня. Tom shot a deer.

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Declension

Normal Singular only Plural only Indeclinable

	singular	plural
nom. nominative	оле́нь	оле́ни
gen. genitive	оле́ня	оле́ней
dat. dative	оле́ню	оле́ням
acc. accusative	оле́ня	оле́ней
inst. instrumental	оле́нем	оле́нями
prep. prepositional	оле́не	оле́нях