Noun reference

материал

material, fabric

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 материал
Case Singular Plural
Nominative материал материалы
Accusative материал материалы
Genitive материала материалов
Dative материалу материалам
Instrumental материалом материалами
Prepositional материале материалах

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 материал- + -а → материала

Keep the stored stem and add -а.

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Nominative · Singular материал This is the dictionary form used to identify the noun.
Nominative · Plural материал- + -ы → материалы Keep the stored stem and add -ы.
Accusative · Singular материал- + zero ending → материал Remove the zero ending; this form has a zero ending.
Accusative · Plural материал- + -ы → материалы Keep the stored stem and add -ы.
Genitive · Singular материал- + -а → материала Keep the stored stem and add -а.
Genitive · Plural материал- + -ов → материалов Keep the stored stem and add -ов.
Dative · Singular материал- + -у → материалу Keep the stored stem and add -у.
Dative · Plural материал- + -ам → материалам Keep the stored stem and add -ам.
Instrumental · Singular материал- + -ом → материалом Keep the stored stem and add -ом.
Instrumental · Plural материал- + -ами → материалами Keep the stored stem and add -ами.
Prepositional · Singular материал- + -е → материале Keep the stored stem and add -е.
Prepositional · Plural материал- + -ах → материалах Keep the stored stem and add -ах.
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