Noun reference

народ

people, nation

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 народ
Case Singular Plural
Nominative народ народы
Accusative народ народы
Genitive народа народов
Dative народу народам
Instrumental народом народами
Prepositional народе народах

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 народ- + -а → народа

Keep the stored stem and add -а.

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Nominative · Singular народ This is the dictionary form used to identify the noun.
Nominative · Plural народ- + -ы → народы Keep the stored stem and add -ы.
Accusative · Singular народ- + zero ending → народ Remove the zero ending; this form has a zero ending.
Accusative · Plural народ- + -ы → народы Keep the stored stem and add -ы.
Genitive · Singular народ- + -а → народа Keep the stored stem and add -а.
Genitive · Plural народ- + -ов → народов Keep the stored stem and add -ов.
Dative · Singular народ- + -у → народу Keep the stored stem and add -у.
Dative · Plural народ- + -ам → народам Keep the stored stem and add -ам.
Instrumental · Singular народ- + -ом → народом Keep the stored stem and add -ом.
Instrumental · Plural народ- + -ами → народами Keep the stored stem and add -ами.
Prepositional · Singular народ- + -е → народе Keep the stored stem and add -е.
Prepositional · Plural народ- + -ах → народах Keep the stored stem and add -ах.
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