Noun reference

район

area, region

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 район
Case Singular Plural
Nominative район районы
Accusative район районы
Genitive района районов
Dative району районам
Instrumental районом районами
Prepositional районе районах

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 район- + -а → района

Keep the stored stem and add -а.

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Nominative · Singular район This is the dictionary form used to identify the noun.
Nominative · Plural район- + -ы → районы Keep the stored stem and add -ы.
Accusative · Singular район- + zero ending → район Remove the zero ending; this form has a zero ending.
Accusative · Plural район- + -ы → районы Keep the stored stem and add -ы.
Genitive · Singular район- + -а → района Keep the stored stem and add -а.
Genitive · Plural район- + -ов → районов Keep the stored stem and add -ов.
Dative · Singular район- + -у → району Keep the stored stem and add -у.
Dative · Plural район- + -ам → районам Keep the stored stem and add -ам.
Instrumental · Singular район- + -ом → районом Keep the stored stem and add -ом.
Instrumental · Plural район- + -ами → районами Keep the stored stem and add -ами.
Prepositional · Singular район- + -е → районе Keep the stored stem and add -е.
Prepositional · Plural район- + -ах → районах Keep the stored stem and add -ах.
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