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слон

noun, male, animate
somewhat often used word (#3224)

Noun basics

Gender: none/unknown male female both (m & f) neuter plural only

Is it living?: (unknown) inanimate animate

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elephant

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bishop (chess piece)

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Слоны́ в не́сколько раз больше мыше́й. Elephants are several times the size of mice.
Не де́лай из му́хи слона́. Don't make a mountain out of a molehill.
Ты когда-нибудь ви́дела летающего слона́? Have you ever seen a flying elephant?
У слона́ дли́нный нос. An elephant has a long nose.
Купи́ слона́! - "Како́го ещё слона́?" - "Все говоря́т "како́го ещё слона́", а ты купи́ слона́". Buy the elephant! - "What elephant?" - "Everybody says 'what elephant', but you buy the elephant!"
У слона́ дли́нный хо́бот. An elephant has a long nose.
Ви́рус покосил много слоно́в в Африке. The virus cut down many elephants in Africa.
Слоны́ обита́ют в А́зии и в Африке. Elephants live in Asia and Africa.
У африка́нского слона́ у́ши больше, чем у азиа́тского. The African elephant has bigger ears than the Asian elephant.
Он мо́жет прокорми́ть своего́ слона́, но не мо́жет прокорми́ть своего́ ребёнка. He can nourish his elephant, but cannot nourish his child.

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Declension

Normal Singular only Plural only Indeclinable

Note: Stress change

	singular	plural
nom. nominative	слон	слоны́
gen. genitive	слона́	слоно́в
dat. dative	слону́	слона́м
acc. accusative	слона́	слоно́в
inst. instrumental	слоно́м	слона́ми
prep. prepositional	слоне́	слона́х