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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).

плечо́

noun, neuter, inanimate
daily used word

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):

B1 Anatomy

Translation

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shoulder

Also: upper arm, humerus, arm

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Я положи́л ру́ку ей на плечо́. I put my hand on her shoulder.
Оте́ц положи́л ру́ку на моё плечо́. Father laid his hand on my shoulder.
Она дотро́нулась до моего́ плеча́. She touched my shoulder.
У мое́й сестры́ во́лосы до плеч. My sister's hair reaches her shoulders.
Он огляну́лся назад через плечо́. He looked back over his shoulder.
У Тома у́зкие пле́чи. Tom has narrow shoulders.
Он уда́рил меня в плечо́. He hit me on the shoulder.
Билл похло́пал меня по плечу́. Bill tapped me on the shoulder.
У Джима широ́кие пле́чи. Jim has broad shoulders.
Он похло́пал бра́та по плечу́. He patted his brother on the shoulder.

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Declension

Normal Singular only Plural only Indeclinable

Note: Stress change

	singular	plural
nom. nominative	плечо́	пле́чи
gen. genitive	плеча́	пле́ч
dat. dative	плечу́	плеча́м
acc. accusative	плечо́	пле́чи
inst. instrumental	плечо́м	плеча́ми
prep. prepositional	плече́	плеча́х