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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).

род

noun, male, inanimate
often used word (#695)

Noun basics

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

Is it living?: (unknown) inanimate animate

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generation

Also: birth, origin, stock, family, race
Info: (genitive ро'да, nominative plural роды', genitive plural родо'в)

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(taxonomy) genus
Info: (genitive ро'да, nominative plural рода', genitive plural родо'в)

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sort

Also: kind, genre, style, branch
Info: (genitive ро'да, nominative plural рода', genitive plural родо'в)

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(grammar) gender

Also: class
Info: (genitive ро'да, nominative plural ро'ды, genitive plural родо'в)

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Usage Info

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Examples

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В како́м ро́ду войск вы служи́ли? Which branch of the armed forces were you in?
Како́го рода информа́цию вы получа́ете из се́ти Интерне́т? What sort of information do you get on the Internet?
Како́го рода рабо́ту вы де́лаете? What sort of work do you do?
Том ненави́дит весь род людской. Tom hates the whole human race.
Ка́ждая снежи́нка — еди́нственная в своём ро́де. Every snowflake is unique.
Ма́ленький ма́льчик, на вид не более пяти лет от ро́ду, спроси́л Тома, как пройти́ на почту. A young boy, who couldn't have been more than five years old, asked Tom how to get to the post office.
Э́тот род му́зыки не ка́ждому по душе. This type of music is not to everyone's taste.
Том никогда по-настоящему не ду́мал о тако́го рода веща́х. Tom never really thought about those kinds of things.
В э́том о́зере во́дится в большо́м коли́честве ра́зного рода ры́ба. This lake abounds in various kinds of fish.
Бог создал челове́ческий род. God created mankind.

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Declension

Normal Singular only Plural only Indeclinable

Note: Stress change

	singular	plural
nom. nominative	род	роды́ рода́ ро́ды
gen. genitive	ро́да ро́ду	родо́в
dat. dative	ро́ду	рода́м
acc. accusative	род	роды́ рода́ ро́ды
inst. instrumental	ро́дом	рода́ми
prep. prepositional	ро́де	рода́х