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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).

шкаф

noun, masculine, inanimate
somewhat often 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):

Translation

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cupboard

Also: dresser, wardrobe, locker

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Спря́чься в шка́фу. Hide in the closet.
Когда Мария собрала́сь гото́вить ужин, она обнару́жила, что карто́шка в шка́фу проросла́. When Mary went to cook dinner, she found that her potatoes had sprouted in the cupboard.
Я откры́л шкаф. I opened the closet.
Что ещё в шка́фу? What else is in the closet?
Том вы́чистил шкаф в спа́льне. Tom cleaned out his bedroom closet.
В ка́ждом до́ме есть свой скеле́т в шка́фу. There is a skeleton in every closet.
Он в шка́фу. It's in the closet.
Похити́тели вста́вили Тому в рот кляп и за́перли его в стенном шка́фу. The kidnappers gagged Tom and locked him up in a closet.
Том за́пер свою́ сестру́ в шка́фу. Tom locked his sister in the closet.
Пришло́ вре́мя откры́ть тре́тий шкаф. It's time to open the third wardrobe.

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Declension

Normal Singular only Plural only Indeclinable

Note: Stress change

	singular	plural
nom. nominative	шка́ф	шкафы́
gen. genitive	шка́фа	шкафо́в
dat. dative	шка́фу	шкафа́м
acc. accusative	шка́ф	шкафы́
inst. instrumental	шка́фом	шкафа́ми
prep. prepositional	шкафу́ шка́фе	шкафа́х