Noun reference

десяток

ten, dozens

Masculine · Inanimate

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 десяток
Case Singular Plural
Nominative десяток десятки
Accusative десяток десятки
Genitive десятка десятков
Dative десятку десяткам
Instrumental десятком десятками
Prepositional десятке десятках

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 десяток → десятка

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

Show all case-build notes
Nominative · Singular десяток This is the dictionary form used to identify the noun.
Nominative · Plural десяток → десятки The stem changes in this stored form, so a simple ending replacement would be misleading.
Accusative · Singular десяток- + zero ending → десяток Remove the zero ending; this form has a zero ending.
Accusative · Plural десяток → десятки The stem changes in this stored form, so a simple ending replacement would be misleading.
Genitive · Singular десяток → десятка The stem changes in this stored form, so a simple ending replacement would be misleading.
Genitive · Plural десяток → десятков The stem changes in this stored form, so a simple ending replacement would be misleading.
Dative · Singular десяток → десятку The stem changes in this stored form, so a simple ending replacement would be misleading.
Dative · Plural десяток → десяткам The stem changes in this stored form, so a simple ending replacement would be misleading.
Instrumental · Singular десяток → десятком The stem changes in this stored form, so a simple ending replacement would be misleading.
Instrumental · Plural десяток → десятками The stem changes in this stored form, so a simple ending replacement would be misleading.
Prepositional · Singular десяток → десятке The stem changes in this stored form, so a simple ending replacement would be misleading.
Prepositional · Plural десяток → десятках The stem changes in this stored form, so a simple ending replacement would be misleading.
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