Noun reference

бабушка

grandmother

Feminine · Animate

Feminine -а family

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 бабушка
Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	бабушка	бабушки
Accusative	бабушку	бабушек
Genitive	бабушки	бабушек
Dative	бабушке	бабушкам
Instrumental	бабушкойLong instrumental variant: бабушкою Accepted in practice	бабушками
Prepositional	бабушке	бабушках

Form pattern

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

Genitive · Singular бабушк- + -и → бабушки

Remove -а and add -и.

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Nominative · Singular бабушка This is the dictionary form used to identify the noun.

Nominative · Plural бабушк- + -и → бабушки Remove -а and add -и.

Accusative · Singular бабушк- + -у → бабушку Remove -а and add -у.

Accusative · Plural бабушка → бабушек The stem changes in this stored form, so a simple ending replacement would be misleading.

Genitive · Singular бабушк- + -и → бабушки Remove -а and add -и.

Genitive · Plural бабушка → бабушек The stem changes in this stored form, so a simple ending replacement would be misleading.

Dative · Singular бабушк- + -е → бабушке Remove -а and add -е.

Dative · Plural бабушк- + -ам → бабушкам Remove -а and add -ам.

Instrumental · Singular бабушк- + -ой → бабушкой Remove -а and add -ой.

Instrumental · Plural бабушк- + -ами → бабушками Remove -а and add -ами.

Prepositional · Singular бабушк- + -е → бабушке Remove -а and add -е.

Prepositional · Plural бабушк- + -ах → бабушках Remove -а and add -ах.