Noun reference

бок

side, flank

Masculine · Inanimate

Masculine hard consonant · Special pattern

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 бок
Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	бок	бока
Accusative	бок	бока
Genitive	бока	боков
Dative	боку	бокам
Instrumental	боком	боками
Prepositional	бокеLocative after на/в: боку Accepted in practice	боках

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.

Nominative · Plural бок → бока

This form belongs to a reviewed special pattern, so it is shown as a stored form rather than a guessed suffix swap.

Show all case-build notes

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

Nominative · Plural бок → бока This form belongs to a reviewed special pattern, so it is shown as a stored form rather than a guessed suffix swap.

Accusative · Singular бок → бок This form belongs to a reviewed special pattern, so it is shown as a stored form rather than a guessed suffix swap.

Accusative · Plural бок → бока This form belongs to a reviewed special pattern, so it is shown as a stored form rather than a guessed suffix swap.

Genitive · Singular бок → бока This form belongs to a reviewed special pattern, so it is shown as a stored form rather than a guessed suffix swap.

Genitive · Plural бок → боков This form belongs to a reviewed special pattern, so it is shown as a stored form rather than a guessed suffix swap.

Dative · Singular бок → боку This form belongs to a reviewed special pattern, so it is shown as a stored form rather than a guessed suffix swap.

Dative · Plural бок → бокам This form belongs to a reviewed special pattern, so it is shown as a stored form rather than a guessed suffix swap.

Instrumental · Singular бок → боком This form belongs to a reviewed special pattern, so it is shown as a stored form rather than a guessed suffix swap.

Instrumental · Plural бок → боками This form belongs to a reviewed special pattern, so it is shown as a stored form rather than a guessed suffix swap.

Prepositional · Singular бок → боке This form belongs to a reviewed special pattern, so it is shown as a stored form rather than a guessed suffix swap.

Prepositional · Plural бок → боках This form belongs to a reviewed special pattern, so it is shown as a stored form rather than a guessed suffix swap.