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When we say "два тела" and "два села", where have the nouns тела and села the accent ? On the first syllable or on the last one ? I ask this because the noun тело has the Nominative plural accentuated on the ending: тела, whilst the Genitive singular is accentuated on the first syllable: тела. And the noun село has an opposite accentuation: the Nominative plural accentuated on the first syllable: сёла, whilst the Genitive singular is accentuated on the ending: села.
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You are right, the numerals два (две), три, четы́ре, о́ба (о́бе), полтора́ (полторы́) are followed by nouns in the genetive singular which is те́ла and села́ - see the declension tables for те́ло and село́.
There are a few exceptions though, e.g. два шага́, три шара́ (while the regular genitive singular is ша́га, ша́ра: не сба́вить ша́га, оста́ться без ша́ра). Such words are said to have a distinct paucal form (счётная форма).
