Noun reference

лейтенант

lieutenant

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 лейтенант
Case Singular Plural
Nominative лейтенант лейтенанты
Accusative лейтенанта лейтенантов
Genitive лейтенанта лейтенантов
Dative лейтенанту лейтенантам
Instrumental лейтенантом лейтенантами
Prepositional лейтенанте лейтенантах

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 лейтенант- + -а → лейтенанта

Keep the stored stem and add -а.

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Nominative · Singular лейтенант This is the dictionary form used to identify the noun.
Nominative · Plural лейтенант- + -ы → лейтенанты Keep the stored stem and add -ы.
Accusative · Singular лейтенант- + -а → лейтенанта Keep the stored stem and add -а.
Accusative · Plural лейтенант- + -ов → лейтенантов Keep the stored stem and add -ов.
Genitive · Singular лейтенант- + -а → лейтенанта Keep the stored stem and add -а.
Genitive · Plural лейтенант- + -ов → лейтенантов Keep the stored stem and add -ов.
Dative · Singular лейтенант- + -у → лейтенанту Keep the stored stem and add -у.
Dative · Plural лейтенант- + -ам → лейтенантам Keep the stored stem and add -ам.
Instrumental · Singular лейтенант- + -ом → лейтенантом Keep the stored stem and add -ом.
Instrumental · Plural лейтенант- + -ами → лейтенантами Keep the stored stem and add -ами.
Prepositional · Singular лейтенант- + -е → лейтенанте Keep the stored stem and add -е.
Prepositional · Plural лейтенант- + -ах → лейтенантах Keep the stored stem and add -ах.
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