Noun reference

мальчишка

urchin, boy

Masculine · Animate

Masculine hard consonant · 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 мальчишка
Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	мальчишка	мальчишки
Accusative	мальчишку	мальчишек
Genitive	мальчишки	мальчишек
Dative	мальчишке	мальчишкам
Instrumental	мальчишкойLong instrumental variant: мальчишкою Accepted in practice	мальчишками
Prepositional	мальчишке	мальчишках

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 мальчишка → мальчишки

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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Nominative · Singular мальчишка This is the dictionary form used to identify the noun.

Nominative · Plural мальчишка → мальчишки This form belongs to a reviewed special pattern, so it is shown as a stored form rather than a guessed suffix swap.

Accusative · Singular мальчишка → мальчишку This form belongs to a reviewed special pattern, so it is shown as a stored form rather than a guessed suffix swap.

Accusative · Plural мальчишка → мальчишек This form belongs to a reviewed special pattern, so it is shown as a stored form rather than a guessed suffix swap.

Genitive · Singular мальчишка → мальчишки This form belongs to a reviewed special pattern, so it is shown as a stored form rather than a guessed suffix swap.

Genitive · Plural мальчишка → мальчишек This form belongs to a reviewed special pattern, so it is shown as a stored form rather than a guessed suffix swap.

Dative · Singular мальчишка → мальчишке This form belongs to a reviewed special pattern, so it is shown as a stored form rather than a guessed suffix swap.

Dative · Plural мальчишка → мальчишкам This form belongs to a reviewed special pattern, so it is shown as a stored form rather than a guessed suffix swap.

Instrumental · Singular мальчишка → мальчишкой This form belongs to a reviewed special pattern, so it is shown as a stored form rather than a guessed suffix swap.

Instrumental · Plural мальчишка → мальчишками This form belongs to a reviewed special pattern, so it is shown as a stored form rather than a guessed suffix swap.

Prepositional · Singular мальчишка → мальчишке This form belongs to a reviewed special pattern, so it is shown as a stored form rather than a guessed suffix swap.

Prepositional · Plural мальчишка → мальчишках This form belongs to a reviewed special pattern, so it is shown as a stored form rather than a guessed suffix swap.