Noun reference

автор

author

Masculine · Animate

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 автор
Case Singular Plural
Nominative автор авторы
Accusative автора авторов
Genitive автора авторов
Dative автору авторам
Instrumental автором авторами
Prepositional авторе авторах

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 автор- + -а → автора

Keep the stored stem and add -а.

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Nominative · Singular автор This is the dictionary form used to identify the noun.
Nominative · Plural автор- + -ы → авторы Keep the stored stem and add -ы.
Accusative · Singular автор- + -а → автора Keep the stored stem and add -а.
Accusative · Plural автор- + -ов → авторов Keep the stored stem and add -ов.
Genitive · Singular автор- + -а → автора Keep the stored stem and add -а.
Genitive · Plural автор- + -ов → авторов Keep the stored stem and add -ов.
Dative · Singular автор- + -у → автору Keep the stored stem and add -у.
Dative · Plural автор- + -ам → авторам Keep the stored stem and add -ам.
Instrumental · Singular автор- + -ом → автором Keep the stored stem and add -ом.
Instrumental · Plural автор- + -ами → авторами Keep the stored stem and add -ами.
Prepositional · Singular автор- + -е → авторе Keep the stored stem and add -е.
Prepositional · Plural автор- + -ах → авторах Keep the stored stem and add -ах.
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