Noun reference

общество

society

Neuter · Inanimate

Neuter -о family

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 общество
Case Singular Plural
Nominative общество общества
Accusative общество общества
Genitive общества обществ
Dative обществу обществам
Instrumental обществом обществами
Prepositional обществе обществах

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 обществ- + -а → общества

Remove -о and add -а.

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Nominative · Singular общество This is the dictionary form used to identify the noun.
Nominative · Plural обществ- + -а → общества Remove -о and add -а.
Accusative · Singular обществ- + -о → общество Remove -о and add -о.
Accusative · Plural обществ- + -а → общества Remove -о and add -а.
Genitive · Singular обществ- + -а → общества Remove -о and add -а.
Genitive · Plural обществ- + zero ending → обществ Remove -о; this form has a zero ending.
Dative · Singular обществ- + -у → обществу Remove -о and add -у.
Dative · Plural обществ- + -ам → обществам Remove -о and add -ам.
Instrumental · Singular обществ- + -ом → обществом Remove -о and add -ом.
Instrumental · Plural обществ- + -ами → обществами Remove -о and add -ами.
Prepositional · Singular обществ- + -е → обществе Remove -о and add -е.
Prepositional · Plural обществ- + -ах → обществах Remove -о and add -ах.
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