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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

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

Is it living?: (unknown) inanimate animate

Translation

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

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deer

Also: reindeer

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Охо́тники пошли́ по сле́ду оле́ня через го́ру. The hunters trailed the deer over the mountain.
Том подстрели́л оле́ня. Tom shot a deer.
Мы не ви́дели в лесу́ много оле́ней. We didn't see many deer in the forest.
Он пусти́л стрелу́ в оле́ня. He shot an arrow at the deer.
Охо́тник сдира́л шку́ру с оле́ня. The hunter was skinning the deer.
Наша соба́ка рвану́ла за большим оле́нем. Our pointer took off after a big deer.
Я сле́довал по следа́м оле́ня. I followed the deer's tracks.
Лу́чник уби́л оле́ня. The archer killed the deer.
Оле́нь втрое тяжеле́е Джейн. The deer is three times as heavy as Jane.
На самом де́ле, ло́шади ближе к носоро́гам и тапи́рам, чем к оле́ням. Horses are actually more closely related to rhinos and tapirs than to 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