Noun reference

лошадь

horse

Feminine · Animate

Feminine soft sign · Special pattern

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 лошадь
Case Singular Plural
Nominative лошадь лошади
Accusative лошадь лошадей
Genitive лошади лошадей
Dative лошади лошадям
Instrumental лошадью лошадьмиAccepted instrumental variant: лошадями Accepted in practice
Prepositional лошади лошадях

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.

Nominative · Plural лошадь → лошади

This form belongs to a reviewed special pattern, so it is shown as a stored form rather than a guessed suffix swap.

Show all case-build notes
Nominative · Singular лошадь This is the dictionary form used to identify the noun.
Nominative · Plural лошадь → лошади This form belongs to a reviewed special pattern, so it is shown as a stored form rather than a guessed suffix swap.
Accusative · Singular лошадь → лошадь This form belongs to a reviewed special pattern, so it is shown as a stored form rather than a guessed suffix swap.
Accusative · Plural лошадь → лошадей This form belongs to a reviewed special pattern, so it is shown as a stored form rather than a guessed suffix swap.
Genitive · Singular лошадь → лошади This form belongs to a reviewed special pattern, so it is shown as a stored form rather than a guessed suffix swap.
Genitive · Plural лошадь → лошадей This form belongs to a reviewed special pattern, so it is shown as a stored form rather than a guessed suffix swap.
Dative · Singular лошадь → лошади This form belongs to a reviewed special pattern, so it is shown as a stored form rather than a guessed suffix swap.
Dative · Plural лошадь → лошадям This form belongs to a reviewed special pattern, so it is shown as a stored form rather than a guessed suffix swap.
Instrumental · Singular лошадь → лошадью This form belongs to a reviewed special pattern, so it is shown as a stored form rather than a guessed suffix swap.
Instrumental · Plural лошадь → лошадьми This form belongs to a reviewed special pattern, so it is shown as a stored form rather than a guessed suffix swap.
Prepositional · Singular лошадь → лошади This form belongs to a reviewed special pattern, so it is shown as a stored form rather than a guessed suffix swap.
Prepositional · Plural лошадь → лошадях This form belongs to a reviewed special pattern, so it is shown as a stored form rather than a guessed suffix swap.
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