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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, male, inanimate
somewhat often used word (#1707)

Noun basics

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

Is it living?: (unknown) inanimate animate

Translation

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cupboard

Also: dresser

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В ка́ждом до́ме есть свой скеле́т в шка́фу. There is a skeleton in every closet.
Оно в шка́фу. It's in the closet.
Том откры́л шкаф, чтобы пове́сить пальто́. Tom opened the closet to hang up his coat.
Том убра́л в шка́фу свое́й спа́льни. Tom cleaned out his bedroom closet.
Я собира́юсь освободи́ть э́тот шкаф, чтобы ты мог им по́льзоваться. I'm going to empty this cabinet so that you can use it.
У меня в шка́фу чу́дище. There's a monster in my closet.
Что в том шка́фу? What's in that cupboard?
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 поиска́л в своем шка́фу какой-нибудь наря́д, но не смог найти́ ничего подходя́щего к случаю. I looked in my closet for something to wear, but couldn't find anything appropriate for the occasion.
Кни́жный шкаф и стол одной высоты. The bookcase is level with the table.

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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