Noun reference

командир

commander, commanding officer

Masculine · Animate

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 командир
Case Singular Plural
Nominative командир командиры
Accusative командира командиров
Genitive командира командиров
Dative командиру командирам
Instrumental командиром командирами
Prepositional командире командирах

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 командир- + -а → командира

Keep the stored stem and add -а.

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Nominative · Singular командир This is the dictionary form used to identify the noun.
Nominative · Plural командир- + -ы → командиры Keep the stored stem and add -ы.
Accusative · Singular командир- + -а → командира Keep the stored stem and add -а.
Accusative · Plural командир- + -ов → командиров Keep the stored stem and add -ов.
Genitive · Singular командир- + -а → командира Keep the stored stem and add -а.
Genitive · Plural командир- + -ов → командиров Keep the stored stem and add -ов.
Dative · Singular командир- + -у → командиру Keep the stored stem and add -у.
Dative · Plural командир- + -ам → командирам Keep the stored stem and add -ам.
Instrumental · Singular командир- + -ом → командиром Keep the stored stem and add -ом.
Instrumental · Plural командир- + -ами → командирами Keep the stored stem and add -ами.
Prepositional · Singular командир- + -е → командире Keep the stored stem and add -е.
Prepositional · Plural командир- + -ах → командирах Keep the stored stem and add -ах.
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