Noun reference

кусок

piece, bit, slice

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 кусок
Case Singular Plural
Nominative кусок куски
Accusative кусок куски
Genitive куска кусков
Dative куску кускам
Instrumental куском кусками
Prepositional куске кусках

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 кусок → куска

The stem changes in this stored form, so a simple ending replacement would be misleading.

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Nominative · Singular кусок This is the dictionary form used to identify the noun.
Nominative · Plural кусок → куски The stem changes in this stored form, so a simple ending replacement would be misleading.
Accusative · Singular кусок- + zero ending → кусок Remove the zero ending; this form has a zero ending.
Accusative · Plural кусок → куски The stem changes in this stored form, so a simple ending replacement would be misleading.
Genitive · Singular кусок → куска The stem changes in this stored form, so a simple ending replacement would be misleading.
Genitive · Plural кусок → кусков The stem changes in this stored form, so a simple ending replacement would be misleading.
Dative · Singular кусок → куску The stem changes in this stored form, so a simple ending replacement would be misleading.
Dative · Plural кусок → кускам The stem changes in this stored form, so a simple ending replacement would be misleading.
Instrumental · Singular кусок → куском The stem changes in this stored form, so a simple ending replacement would be misleading.
Instrumental · Plural кусок → кусками The stem changes in this stored form, so a simple ending replacement would be misleading.
Prepositional · Singular кусок → куске The stem changes in this stored form, so a simple ending replacement would be misleading.
Prepositional · Plural кусок → кусках The stem changes in this stored form, so a simple ending replacement would be misleading.
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