No. 2,916 in Russian
волос
Hair (singular).
In a sentence
Мой волос неожиданно стал очень ломким.
My hair has unexpectedly become very brittle.
Here 'волос' is used to mean 'hair' in the singular form, referring to an individual's strand or collective condition.
На подушке я обнаружил несколько выпавших волос.
On the pillow, I found several fallen hairs.
In this context, 'волос' is used in the plural form 'волосы', referring to individual strands of hair found on the pillow.
Цвет её волос всегда меня восхищал.
The color of her hair always amazed me.
Here, 'волос' is presented in the possessive form 'волосы', referring to the style or color of the hair overall in a poetic or descriptive sense.
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