Noun reference

отец

father

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 отец
Case Singular Plural
Nominative отец отцы
Accusative отца отцов
Genitive отца отцов
Dative отцу отцам
Instrumental отцом отцами
Prepositional отце отцах

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 отец → отца

The stem changes in this stored form, so a simple ending replacement would be misleading.

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Nominative · Singular отец This is the dictionary form used to identify the noun.
Nominative · Plural отец → отцы The stem changes in this stored form, so a simple ending replacement would be misleading.
Accusative · Singular отец → отца The stem changes in this stored form, so a simple ending replacement would be misleading.
Accusative · Plural отец → отцов The stem changes in this stored form, so a simple ending replacement would be misleading.
Genitive · Singular отец → отца The stem changes in this stored form, so a simple ending replacement would be misleading.
Genitive · Plural отец → отцов The stem changes in this stored form, so a simple ending replacement would be misleading.
Dative · Singular отец → отцу The stem changes in this stored form, so a simple ending replacement would be misleading.
Dative · Plural отец → отцам The stem changes in this stored form, so a simple ending replacement would be misleading.
Instrumental · Singular отец → отцом The stem changes in this stored form, so a simple ending replacement would be misleading.
Instrumental · Plural отец → отцами The stem changes in this stored form, so a simple ending replacement would be misleading.
Prepositional · Singular отец → отце The stem changes in this stored form, so a simple ending replacement would be misleading.
Prepositional · Plural отец → отцах The stem changes in this stored form, so a simple ending replacement would be misleading.
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