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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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Мы сби́ли оле́ня. We hit a deer.
Он пое́хал охо́титься на оле́ней. He went deer hunting.
Том вы́стрелил в оле́ня. Tom shot a deer.
Он не мог заста́вить себя вы́стрелить в оле́ня. He couldn't bring himself to shoot the deer.
Мы вчера́ пошли́ на охоту в лес и пойма́ли двух оле́ней. We went hunting in the forest and caught two deer yesterday.
Оле́нь в три ра́за тяжеле́е Джейн. The deer is three times as heavy as Jane.
Мы вчера́ пошли́ охо́титься в лес и пойма́ли двух оле́ней. We went hunting in the forest and caught two deer yesterday.
В На́ре много оле́ней. There are a lot of deer in Nara.
Том носи́л рожде́ственский свитер с оле́нями. Tom wore a Christmas sweater with embroidered reindeer.
Наша соба́ка рвану́ла за большим оле́нем. Our pointer took off after a big 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