Noun reference

боец

fighter, private

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 боец
Case Singular Plural
Nominative боец бойцы
Accusative бойца бойцов
Genitive бойца бойцов
Dative бойцу бойцам
Instrumental бойцом бойцами
Prepositional бойце бойцах

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 боец → бойца

The stem changes in this stored form, so a simple ending replacement would be misleading.

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Nominative · Singular боец This is the dictionary form used to identify the noun.
Nominative · Plural боец → бойцы The stem changes in this stored form, so a simple ending replacement would be misleading.
Accusative · Singular боец → бойца The stem changes in this stored form, so a simple ending replacement would be misleading.
Accusative · Plural боец → бойцов The stem changes in this stored form, so a simple ending replacement would be misleading.
Genitive · Singular боец → бойца The stem changes in this stored form, so a simple ending replacement would be misleading.
Genitive · Plural боец → бойцов The stem changes in this stored form, so a simple ending replacement would be misleading.
Dative · Singular боец → бойцу The stem changes in this stored form, so a simple ending replacement would be misleading.
Dative · Plural боец → бойцам The stem changes in this stored form, so a simple ending replacement would be misleading.
Instrumental · Singular боец → бойцом The stem changes in this stored form, so a simple ending replacement would be misleading.
Instrumental · Plural боец → бойцами The stem changes in this stored form, so a simple ending replacement would be misleading.
Prepositional · Singular боец → бойце The stem changes in this stored form, so a simple ending replacement would be misleading.
Prepositional · Plural боец → бойцах The stem changes in this stored form, so a simple ending replacement would be misleading.
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