Noun reference

муж

husband

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 муж
Case Singular Plural
Nominative муж мужья
Accusative мужа мужей
Genitive мужа мужей
Dative мужу мужьям
Instrumental мужем мужьями
Prepositional муже мужьях

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 муж- + -а → мужа

Keep the stored stem and add -а.

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Nominative · Singular муж This is the dictionary form used to identify the noun.
Nominative · Plural муж- + -ья → мужья Keep the stored stem and add -ья.
Accusative · Singular муж- + -а → мужа Keep the stored stem and add -а.
Accusative · Plural муж- + -ей → мужей Keep the stored stem and add -ей.
Genitive · Singular муж- + -а → мужа Keep the stored stem and add -а.
Genitive · Plural муж- + -ей → мужей Keep the stored stem and add -ей.
Dative · Singular муж- + -у → мужу Keep the stored stem and add -у.
Dative · Plural муж- + -ьям → мужьям Keep the stored stem and add -ьям.
Instrumental · Singular муж- + -ем → мужем Keep the stored stem and add -ем.
Instrumental · Plural муж- + -ьями → мужьями Keep the stored stem and add -ьями.
Prepositional · Singular муж- + -е → муже Keep the stored stem and add -е.
Prepositional · Plural муж- + -ьях → мужьях Keep the stored stem and add -ьях.
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