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Top 1,000noun, masculine

геро́й

[ɡʲɪˈroj]hero

Frequency rank #959 About 1 in every 11,000 words in Russian film and TV. The top 1,000 words make up 77.5% of everything said.
герой #959

Meaning

  1. hero
  2. character

Examples

гла́вный геро́й

the main character; protagonist

Related

Forms by frequency

  • геро́йnominative, singular#2,132
  • геро́емinstrumental, singular#4,224
  • геро́яgenitive, singular#6,591
  • геро́иnominative, plural#7,545
  • геро́евgenitive, plural#9,772
  • геро́ямиinstrumental, plural#18,636
  • геро́юdative, singular#40,437
  • геро́ямdative, plural
  • геро́еprepositional, singular
  • геро́яхprepositional, plural

Cases

CaseSingularPlural
Nominativeгеро́йгеро́и
Genitiveгеро́ягеро́ев
Dativeгеро́югеро́ям
Accusativeгеро́ягеро́ев
Instrumentalгеро́емгеро́ями
Prepositionalгеро́егеро́ях

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