Noun reference

месяц

month

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 месяц
Case Singular Plural
Nominative месяц месяцы
Accusative месяц месяцы
Genitive месяца месяцев
Dative месяцу месяцам
Instrumental месяцем месяцами
Prepositional месяце месяцах

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 месяц- + -а → месяца

Keep the stored stem and add -а.

Show all case-build notes
Nominative · Singular месяц This is the dictionary form used to identify the noun.
Nominative · Plural месяц- + -ы → месяцы Keep the stored stem and add -ы.
Accusative · Singular месяц- + zero ending → месяц Remove the zero ending; this form has a zero ending.
Accusative · Plural месяц- + -ы → месяцы Keep the stored stem and add -ы.
Genitive · Singular месяц- + -а → месяца Keep the stored stem and add -а.
Genitive · Plural месяц- + -ев → месяцев Keep the stored stem and add -ев.
Dative · Singular месяц- + -у → месяцу Keep the stored stem and add -у.
Dative · Plural месяц- + -ам → месяцам Keep the stored stem and add -ам.
Instrumental · Singular месяц- + -ем → месяцем Keep the stored stem and add -ем.
Instrumental · Plural месяц- + -ами → месяцами Keep the stored stem and add -ами.
Prepositional · Singular месяц- + -е → месяце Keep the stored stem and add -е.
Prepositional · Plural месяц- + -ах → месяцах Keep the stored stem and add -ах.
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