Noun reference

раз

time, once, since

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 раз
Case Singular Plural
Nominative раз разы
Accusative раз разы
Genitive раза раз
Dative разу разам
Instrumental разом разами
Prepositional разе разах

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 раз- + -а → раза

Keep the stored stem and add -а.

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Nominative · Singular раз This is the dictionary form used to identify the noun.
Nominative · Plural раз- + -ы → разы Keep the stored stem and add -ы.
Accusative · Singular раз- + zero ending → раз Remove the zero ending; this form has a zero ending.
Accusative · Plural раз- + -ы → разы Keep the stored stem and add -ы.
Genitive · Singular раз- + -а → раза Keep the stored stem and add -а.
Genitive · Plural раз- + zero ending → раз Remove the zero ending; this form has a zero ending.
Dative · Singular раз- + -у → разу Keep the stored stem and add -у.
Dative · Plural раз- + -ам → разам Keep the stored stem and add -ам.
Instrumental · Singular раз- + -ом → разом Keep the stored stem and add -ом.
Instrumental · Plural раз- + -ами → разами Keep the stored stem and add -ами.
Prepositional · Singular раз- + -е → разе Keep the stored stem and add -е.
Prepositional · Plural раз- + -ах → разах Keep the stored stem and add -ах.
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