Noun reference

мужчина

man, male

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 мужчина
Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	мужчина	мужчины
Accusative	мужчину	мужчин
Genitive	мужчины	мужчин
Dative	мужчине	мужчинам
Instrumental	мужчинойLong instrumental variant: мужчиною Accepted in practice	мужчинами
Prepositional	мужчине	мужчинах

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 мужчина → мужчины

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 мужчина This is the dictionary form used to identify the noun.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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