Noun reference

чёрт

devil

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 чёрт
Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	чёрт	черти
Accusative	чёртаReviewed spelling/form variant: черта Accepted in practice	чертей
Genitive	чёртаReviewed spelling/form variant: черта Accepted in practice	чертей
Dative	чёртуReviewed spelling/form variant: черту Accepted in practice	чертям
Instrumental	чёртомReviewed spelling/form variant: чертом Accepted in practice	чертями
Prepositional	чёртеAccepted spelling without ё: черте Accepted in practice	чертях

Form pattern

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

Genitive · Singular чёрт- + -а → чёрта

Keep the stored stem and add -а.

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

Nominative · Plural чёрт → черти The stem changes in this stored form, so a simple ending replacement would be misleading.

Accusative · Singular чёрт- + -а → чёрта Keep the stored stem and add -а.

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

Genitive · Singular чёрт- + -а → чёрта Keep the stored stem and add -а.

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

Dative · Singular чёрт- + -у → чёрту Keep the stored stem and add -у.

Dative · Plural чёрт → чертям The stem changes in this stored form, so a simple ending replacement would be misleading.

Instrumental · Singular чёрт- + -ом → чёртом Keep the stored stem and add -ом.

Instrumental · Plural чёрт → чертями The stem changes in this stored form, so a simple ending replacement would be misleading.

Prepositional · Singular чёрт- + -е → чёрте Keep the stored stem and add -е.

Prepositional · Plural чёрт → чертях The stem changes in this stored form, so a simple ending replacement would be misleading.