Noun reference

поэт

poet

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 поэт
Case Singular Plural
Nominative поэт поэты
Accusative поэта поэтов
Genitive поэта поэтов
Dative поэту поэтам
Instrumental поэтом поэтами
Prepositional поэте поэтах

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 поэт- + -а → поэта

Keep the stored stem and add -а.

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Nominative · Singular поэт This is the dictionary form used to identify the noun.
Nominative · Plural поэт- + -ы → поэты Keep the stored stem and add -ы.
Accusative · Singular поэт- + -а → поэта Keep the stored stem and add -а.
Accusative · Plural поэт- + -ов → поэтов Keep the stored stem and add -ов.
Genitive · Singular поэт- + -а → поэта Keep the stored stem and add -а.
Genitive · Plural поэт- + -ов → поэтов Keep the stored stem and add -ов.
Dative · Singular поэт- + -у → поэту Keep the stored stem and add -у.
Dative · Plural поэт- + -ам → поэтам Keep the stored stem and add -ам.
Instrumental · Singular поэт- + -ом → поэтом Keep the stored stem and add -ом.
Instrumental · Plural поэт- + -ами → поэтами Keep the stored stem and add -ами.
Prepositional · Singular поэт- + -е → поэте Keep the stored stem and add -е.
Prepositional · Plural поэт- + -ах → поэтах Keep the stored stem and add -ах.
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