Noun reference

пыль

dust, spray

Feminine · Inanimate

Feminine soft sign · Special pattern · Singular only

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 пыль
Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	пыль	Not normally used for this meaning
Accusative	пыль	Not normally used for this meaning
Genitive	пыли	Not normally used for this meaning
Dative	пыли	Not normally used for this meaning
Instrumental	пылью	Not normally used for this meaning
Prepositional	пыли	Not normally used for this meaning

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 пыль → пыли

This form belongs to a reviewed special pattern, so it is shown as a stored form rather than a guessed suffix swap.

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Nominative · Singular пыль This is the dictionary form used to identify the noun.

Nominative · Plural No ordinary plural This lexical meaning is not normally used with an ordinary plural.

Accusative · Singular пыль → пыль This form belongs to a reviewed special pattern, so it is shown as a stored form rather than a guessed suffix swap.

Accusative · Plural No ordinary plural This lexical meaning is not normally used with an ordinary plural.

Genitive · Singular пыль → пыли This form belongs to a reviewed special pattern, so it is shown as a stored form rather than a guessed suffix swap.

Genitive · Plural No ordinary plural This lexical meaning is not normally used with an ordinary plural.

Dative · Singular пыль → пыли This form belongs to a reviewed special pattern, so it is shown as a stored form rather than a guessed suffix swap.

Dative · Plural No ordinary plural This lexical meaning is not normally used with an ordinary plural.

Instrumental · Singular пыль → пылью This form belongs to a reviewed special pattern, so it is shown as a stored form rather than a guessed suffix swap.

Instrumental · Plural No ordinary plural This lexical meaning is not normally used with an ordinary plural.

Prepositional · Singular пыль → пыли This form belongs to a reviewed special pattern, so it is shown as a stored form rather than a guessed suffix swap.

Prepositional · Plural No ordinary plural This lexical meaning is not normally used with an ordinary plural.