Noun reference

дочь

daughter

Feminine · Animate

Feminine soft sign · 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 дочь
Case Singular Plural
Nominative дочь дочери
Accusative дочь дочерей
Genitive дочери дочерей
Dative дочери дочерям
Instrumental дочерью дочерьмиAccepted instrumental variant: дочерями Accepted in practice
Prepositional дочери дочерях

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 дочь → дочери

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 дочь This is the dictionary form used to identify the noun.
Nominative · Plural дочь → дочери This form belongs to a reviewed special pattern, so it is shown as a stored form rather than a guessed suffix swap.
Accusative · Singular дочь → дочь This form belongs to a reviewed special pattern, so it is shown as a stored form rather than a guessed suffix swap.
Accusative · Plural дочь → дочерей This form belongs to a reviewed special pattern, so it is shown as a stored form rather than a guessed suffix swap.
Genitive · Singular дочь → дочери This form belongs to a reviewed special pattern, so it is shown as a stored form rather than a guessed suffix swap.
Genitive · Plural дочь → дочерей This form belongs to a reviewed special pattern, so it is shown as a stored form rather than a guessed suffix swap.
Dative · Singular дочь → дочери This form belongs to a reviewed special pattern, so it is shown as a stored form rather than a guessed suffix swap.
Dative · Plural дочь → дочерям This form belongs to a reviewed special pattern, so it is shown as a stored form rather than a guessed suffix swap.
Instrumental · Singular дочь → дочерью This form belongs to a reviewed special pattern, so it is shown as a stored form rather than a guessed suffix swap.
Instrumental · Plural дочь → дочерьми This form belongs to a reviewed special pattern, so it is shown as a stored form rather than a guessed suffix swap.
Prepositional · Singular дочь → дочери This form belongs to a reviewed special pattern, so it is shown as a stored form rather than a guessed suffix swap.
Prepositional · Plural дочь → дочерях This form belongs to a reviewed special pattern, so it is shown as a stored form rather than a guessed suffix swap.
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