Noun reference

рассказ

story

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 рассказ
Case Singular Plural
Nominative рассказ рассказы
Accusative рассказ рассказы
Genitive рассказа рассказов
Dative рассказу рассказам
Instrumental рассказом рассказами
Prepositional рассказе рассказах

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 рассказ- + -а → рассказа

Keep the stored stem and add -а.

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Nominative · Singular рассказ This is the dictionary form used to identify the noun.
Nominative · Plural рассказ- + -ы → рассказы Keep the stored stem and add -ы.
Accusative · Singular рассказ- + zero ending → рассказ Remove the zero ending; this form has a zero ending.
Accusative · Plural рассказ- + -ы → рассказы Keep the stored stem and add -ы.
Genitive · Singular рассказ- + -а → рассказа Keep the stored stem and add -а.
Genitive · Plural рассказ- + -ов → рассказов Keep the stored stem and add -ов.
Dative · Singular рассказ- + -у → рассказу Keep the stored stem and add -у.
Dative · Plural рассказ- + -ам → рассказам Keep the stored stem and add -ам.
Instrumental · Singular рассказ- + -ом → рассказом Keep the stored stem and add -ом.
Instrumental · Plural рассказ- + -ами → рассказами Keep the stored stem and add -ами.
Prepositional · Singular рассказ- + -е → рассказе Keep the stored stem and add -е.
Prepositional · Plural рассказ- + -ах → рассказах Keep the stored stem and add -ах.
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