Noun reference

период

period, age

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 период
Case Singular Plural
Nominative период периоды
Accusative период периоды
Genitive периода периодов
Dative периоду периодам
Instrumental периодом периодами
Prepositional периоде периодах

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 период- + -а → периода

Keep the stored stem and add -а.

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Nominative · Singular период This is the dictionary form used to identify the noun.
Nominative · Plural период- + -ы → периоды Keep the stored stem and add -ы.
Accusative · Singular период- + zero ending → период Remove the zero ending; this form has a zero ending.
Accusative · Plural период- + -ы → периоды Keep the stored stem and add -ы.
Genitive · Singular период- + -а → периода Keep the stored stem and add -а.
Genitive · Plural период- + -ов → периодов Keep the stored stem and add -ов.
Dative · Singular период- + -у → периоду Keep the stored stem and add -у.
Dative · Plural период- + -ам → периодам Keep the stored stem and add -ам.
Instrumental · Singular период- + -ом → периодом Keep the stored stem and add -ом.
Instrumental · Plural период- + -ами → периодами Keep the stored stem and add -ами.
Prepositional · Singular период- + -е → периоде Keep the stored stem and add -е.
Prepositional · Plural период- + -ах → периодах Keep the stored stem and add -ах.
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