Noun reference

дед

grandfather, old man

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 дед
Case Singular Plural
Nominative дед деды
Accusative деда дедов
Genitive деда дедов
Dative деду дедам
Instrumental дедом дедами
Prepositional деде дедах

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 дед- + -а → деда

Keep the stored stem and add -а.

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Nominative · Singular дед This is the dictionary form used to identify the noun.
Nominative · Plural дед- + -ы → деды Keep the stored stem and add -ы.
Accusative · Singular дед- + -а → деда Keep the stored stem and add -а.
Accusative · Plural дед- + -ов → дедов Keep the stored stem and add -ов.
Genitive · Singular дед- + -а → деда Keep the stored stem and add -а.
Genitive · Plural дед- + -ов → дедов Keep the stored stem and add -ов.
Dative · Singular дед- + -у → деду Keep the stored stem and add -у.
Dative · Plural дед- + -ам → дедам Keep the stored stem and add -ам.
Instrumental · Singular дед- + -ом → дедом Keep the stored stem and add -ом.
Instrumental · Plural дед- + -ами → дедами Keep the stored stem and add -ами.
Prepositional · Singular дед- + -е → деде Keep the stored stem and add -е.
Prepositional · Plural дед- + -ах → дедах Keep the stored stem and add -ах.
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