Noun reference

город

town, city

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 город
Case Singular Plural
Nominative город города
Accusative город города
Genitive города городов
Dative городу городам
Instrumental городом городами
Prepositional городе городах

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 город- + -а → города

Keep the stored stem and add -а.

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Nominative · Singular город This is the dictionary form used to identify the noun.
Nominative · Plural город- + -а → города Keep the stored stem and add -а.
Accusative · Singular город- + zero ending → город Remove the zero ending; this form has a zero ending.
Accusative · Plural город- + -а → города Keep the stored stem and add -а.
Genitive · Singular город- + -а → города Keep the stored stem and add -а.
Genitive · Plural город- + -ов → городов Keep the stored stem and add -ов.
Dative · Singular город- + -у → городу Keep the stored stem and add -у.
Dative · Plural город- + -ам → городам Keep the stored stem and add -ам.
Instrumental · Singular город- + -ом → городом Keep the stored stem and add -ом.
Instrumental · Plural город- + -ами → городами Keep the stored stem and add -ами.
Prepositional · Singular город- + -е → городе Keep the stored stem and add -е.
Prepositional · Plural город- + -ах → городах Keep the stored stem and add -ах.
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