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а б в г д е ё ж з и й к л м н о п р с т у ф х ц ч ш щ ъ ы ь э ю я

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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

Gender: none/unknown male female 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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The examples in this format please: Ру'сский текст - english text

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cupboard

Also: dresser, wardrobe, locker

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Давай посмо́трим в шка́фу. Let's look in the closet.
Что в э́том шка́фу? What's in this closet?
Том попыта́лся передви́нуть шкаф без по́мощи Мэри. Tom tried moving the bookcase without Mary's help.
У Тома в ко́мнате большо́й шкаф. Tom has a big closet in his room.
Оно в шка́фу. It's in the closet.
Убери́ её в шкаф. Put it in the cupboard.
У Тома в спа́льне есть большо́й шкаф. Tom has a large closet in his bedroom.
Том откры́л шкаф, чтобы пове́сить пальто́. Tom opened the closet to hang up his coat.
Том доста́л из шка́фа одну из руба́шек и наде́л её. Tom took one of the shirts out of the closet and put it on.
У меня в шка́фу чу́дище. There's a monster in my closet.

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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