Noun reference

девочка

girl, little girl

Feminine · Animate

Feminine -а family

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 девочка
Case Singular Plural
Nominative девочка девочки
Accusative девочку девочек
Genitive девочки девочек
Dative девочке девочкам
Instrumental девочкойLong instrumental variant: девочкою Accepted in practice девочками
Prepositional девочке девочках

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 девочк- + -и → девочки

Remove -а and add -и.

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Nominative · Singular девочка This is the dictionary form used to identify the noun.
Nominative · Plural девочк- + -и → девочки Remove -а and add -и.
Accusative · Singular девочк- + -у → девочку Remove -а and add -у.
Accusative · Plural девочка → девочек The stem changes in this stored form, so a simple ending replacement would be misleading.
Genitive · Singular девочк- + -и → девочки Remove -а and add -и.
Genitive · Plural девочка → девочек The stem changes in this stored form, so a simple ending replacement would be misleading.
Dative · Singular девочк- + -е → девочке Remove -а and add -е.
Dative · Plural девочк- + -ам → девочкам Remove -а and add -ам.
Instrumental · Singular девочк- + -ой → девочкой Remove -а and add -ой.
Instrumental · Plural девочк- + -ами → девочками Remove -а and add -ами.
Prepositional · Singular девочк- + -е → девочке Remove -а and add -е.
Prepositional · Plural девочк- + -ах → девочках Remove -а and add -ах.
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