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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).

хлеб

noun, inanimate
often used word (#656)

Noun basics

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

Is it living?: (unknown) inanimate animate

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bread

Also: loaf, corn, crops, cereals, grain, living, means of subsistence, daily bread
Info: лаваш -pita bread

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Masculine

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Он зараба́тывает на хлеб писа́тельством. He earns his bread as a writer.
Э́тим утром я ел хлеб с ма́слом. I ate bread and butter this morning.
Как вы зараба́тываете себе на хлеб? How will you earn your daily bread?
Где можно купи́ть самого лу́чшего све́жего хле́ба? Where can you get the best fresh bread?
Хле́ба и зре́лищ. Bread and games.
И немного хле́ба. And a little bread.
Ты забы́л сказа́ть мне купи́ть хле́ба. You forgot to tell me to buy bread.
Хлеб зачерстве́л. The bread went hard.
Она испекла́ хлеб. She baked bread.
Мы на за́втрак еди́м хлеб и яйца. We have bread and eggs for breakfast.

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Declension

Normal Singular only Plural only Indeclinable

	singular	plural
nom. nominative	хле́б	хле́бы
gen. genitive	хле́ба	хле́бов
dat. dative	хле́бу	хле́бам
acc. accusative	хле́б	хле́бы
inst. instrumental	хле́бом	хле́бами
prep. prepositional	хле́бе	хле́бах