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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).

рост

noun, male, inanimate
often used word (#796)

Noun basics

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

Is it living?: (unknown) inanimate animate

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height

Also: stature, growth, increase, rise, development, upgrowth

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Говоря в о́бщем, новозеландцы ро́стом выше япо́нцев. Generally speaking, New Zealanders are taller than Japanese.
Расста́вьте мальчиков по ро́сту. Rank boys according to their height.
Он ста́рше меня на два года, но ниже меня ро́стом. He's two years older than me, but he's shorter.
Том и Джим одного роста. Tom and Jim are the same height.
Я сейчас почти тако́го же роста, как мой оте́ц. I'm now about as tall as my father.
У Тома и Джима одина́ковый рост. Tom and Jim are the same height.
Ме́дленный экономи́ческий рост обвали́л прода́жи автомоби́лей. Slow economic recovery has sent auto sales plummeting.
Како́й у Вас рост? How tall are you?
Како́й у вас рост, и сколько вы ве́сите? How tall are you, and how much do you weigh?
Я тако́го же роста, как он. I'm the same height as he is.

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Declension

Normal Singular only Plural only Indeclinable

Note: Stress change

	singular	plural
nom. nominative	ро́ст	роста́
gen. genitive	ро́ста	росто́в
dat. dative	ро́сту	роста́м
acc. accusative	ро́ст	роста́
inst. instrumental	ро́стом	роста́ми
prep. prepositional	ро́сте	роста́х