Noun reference

ребёнок

child, kid, infant

Masculine · Animate

Masculine hard consonant · Special pattern

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 ребёнок
Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ребёнок	детиReviewed spelling/form variant: ребята Accepted in practice
Accusative	ребёнка	детейReviewed spelling/form variant: ребят Accepted in practice
Genitive	ребёнка	детейReviewed spelling/form variant: ребят Accepted in practice
Dative	ребёнку	детямReviewed spelling/form variant: ребятам Accepted in practice
Instrumental	ребёнком	детьмиReviewed spelling/form variant: ребятами Accepted in practice
Prepositional	ребёнке	детяхReviewed spelling/form variant: ребятах Accepted in practice

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.

Nominative · Plural ребёнок → дети

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 ребёнок This is the dictionary form used to identify the noun.

Nominative · Plural ребёнок → дети This form belongs to a reviewed special pattern, so it is shown as a stored form rather than a guessed suffix swap.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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