Noun reference

автомат

automatic machine, machine gun, robot

Masculine · Inanimate

Masculine hard consonant

Case paradigm

Singular and plural together

Compare each case across both numbers. The forms below are the noun's stored reference paradigm.

Singular and plural case forms for автомат
Case Singular Plural
Nominative автомат автоматы
Accusative автомат автоматы
Genitive автомата автоматов
Dative автомату автоматам
Instrumental автоматом автоматами
Prepositional автомате автоматах

Form pattern

How the forms are built

The paradigm above is authoritative. These notes expose a transparent ending change only when the stored declension family supports one.

Genitive · Singular автомат- + -а → автомата

Keep the stored stem and add -а.

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Nominative · Singular автомат This is the dictionary form used to identify the noun.
Nominative · Plural автомат- + -ы → автоматы Keep the stored stem and add -ы.
Accusative · Singular автомат- + zero ending → автомат Remove the zero ending; this form has a zero ending.
Accusative · Plural автомат- + -ы → автоматы Keep the stored stem and add -ы.
Genitive · Singular автомат- + -а → автомата Keep the stored stem and add -а.
Genitive · Plural автомат- + -ов → автоматов Keep the stored stem and add -ов.
Dative · Singular автомат- + -у → автомату Keep the stored stem and add -у.
Dative · Plural автомат- + -ам → автоматам Keep the stored stem and add -ам.
Instrumental · Singular автомат- + -ом → автоматом Keep the stored stem and add -ом.
Instrumental · Plural автомат- + -ами → автоматами Keep the stored stem and add -ами.
Prepositional · Singular автомат- + -е → автомате Keep the stored stem and add -е.
Prepositional · Plural автомат- + -ах → автоматах Keep the stored stem and add -ах.
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