Noun reference

мужик

muzhik, man

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 мужик
Case Singular Plural
Nominative мужик мужики
Accusative мужика мужиков
Genitive мужика мужиков
Dative мужику мужикам
Instrumental мужиком мужиками
Prepositional мужике мужиках

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 мужик- + -а → мужика

Keep the stored stem and add -а.

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Nominative · Singular мужик This is the dictionary form used to identify the noun.
Nominative · Plural мужик- + -и → мужики Keep the stored stem and add -и.
Accusative · Singular мужик- + -а → мужика Keep the stored stem and add -а.
Accusative · Plural мужик- + -ов → мужиков Keep the stored stem and add -ов.
Genitive · Singular мужик- + -а → мужика Keep the stored stem and add -а.
Genitive · Plural мужик- + -ов → мужиков Keep the stored stem and add -ов.
Dative · Singular мужик- + -у → мужику Keep the stored stem and add -у.
Dative · Plural мужик- + -ам → мужикам Keep the stored stem and add -ам.
Instrumental · Singular мужик- + -ом → мужиком Keep the stored stem and add -ом.
Instrumental · Plural мужик- + -ами → мужиками Keep the stored stem and add -ами.
Prepositional · Singular мужик- + -е → мужике Keep the stored stem and add -е.
Prepositional · Plural мужик- + -ах → мужиках Keep the stored stem and add -ах.
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