Noun reference

штаб

staff, headquaters

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 штаб
Case Singular Plural
Nominative штаб штабы
Accusative штаб штабы
Genitive штаба штабов
Dative штабу штабам
Instrumental штабом штабами
Prepositional штабе штабах

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 штаб- + -а → штаба

Keep the stored stem and add -а.

Show all case-build notes
Nominative · Singular штаб This is the dictionary form used to identify the noun.
Nominative · Plural штаб- + -ы → штабы Keep the stored stem and add -ы.
Accusative · Singular штаб- + zero ending → штаб Remove the zero ending; this form has a zero ending.
Accusative · Plural штаб- + -ы → штабы Keep the stored stem and add -ы.
Genitive · Singular штаб- + -а → штаба Keep the stored stem and add -а.
Genitive · Plural штаб- + -ов → штабов Keep the stored stem and add -ов.
Dative · Singular штаб- + -у → штабу Keep the stored stem and add -у.
Dative · Plural штаб- + -ам → штабам Keep the stored stem and add -ам.
Instrumental · Singular штаб- + -ом → штабом Keep the stored stem and add -ом.
Instrumental · Plural штаб- + -ами → штабами Keep the stored stem and add -ами.
Prepositional · Singular штаб- + -е → штабе Keep the stored stem and add -е.
Prepositional · Plural штаб- + -ах → штабах Keep the stored stem and add -ах.
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