Noun reference

институт

institute

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 институт
Case Singular Plural
Nominative институт институты
Accusative институт институты
Genitive института институтов
Dative институту институтам
Instrumental институтом институтами
Prepositional институте институтах

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 институт- + -а → института

Keep the stored stem and add -а.

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Nominative · Singular институт This is the dictionary form used to identify the noun.
Nominative · Plural институт- + -ы → институты Keep the stored stem and add -ы.
Accusative · Singular институт- + zero ending → институт Remove the zero ending; this form has a zero ending.
Accusative · Plural институт- + -ы → институты Keep the stored stem and add -ы.
Genitive · Singular институт- + -а → института Keep the stored stem and add -а.
Genitive · Plural институт- + -ов → институтов Keep the stored stem and add -ов.
Dative · Singular институт- + -у → институту Keep the stored stem and add -у.
Dative · Plural институт- + -ам → институтам Keep the stored stem and add -ам.
Instrumental · Singular институт- + -ом → институтом Keep the stored stem and add -ом.
Instrumental · Plural институт- + -ами → институтами Keep the stored stem and add -ами.
Prepositional · Singular институт- + -е → институте Keep the stored stem and add -е.
Prepositional · Plural институт- + -ах → институтах Keep the stored stem and add -ах.
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