Noun reference

этаж

floor, storey

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 этаж
Case Singular Plural
Nominative этаж этажи
Accusative этаж этажи
Genitive этажа этажей
Dative этажу этажам
Instrumental этажом этажами
Prepositional этаже этажах

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 этаж- + -а → этажа

Keep the stored stem and add -а.

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Nominative · Singular этаж This is the dictionary form used to identify the noun.
Nominative · Plural этаж- + -и → этажи Keep the stored stem and add -и.
Accusative · Singular этаж- + zero ending → этаж Remove the zero ending; this form has a zero ending.
Accusative · Plural этаж- + -и → этажи Keep the stored stem and add -и.
Genitive · Singular этаж- + -а → этажа Keep the stored stem and add -а.
Genitive · Plural этаж- + -ей → этажей Keep the stored stem and add -ей.
Dative · Singular этаж- + -у → этажу Keep the stored stem and add -у.
Dative · Plural этаж- + -ам → этажам Keep the stored stem and add -ам.
Instrumental · Singular этаж- + -ом → этажом Keep the stored stem and add -ом.
Instrumental · Plural этаж- + -ами → этажами Keep the stored stem and add -ами.
Prepositional · Singular этаж- + -е → этаже Keep the stored stem and add -е.
Prepositional · Plural этаж- + -ах → этажах Keep the stored stem and add -ах.
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