Noun reference

служба

service, work

Feminine · Inanimate

Feminine -а family

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 служба
Case Singular Plural
Nominative служба службы
Accusative службу службы
Genitive службы служб
Dative службе службам
Instrumental службойLong instrumental variant: службою Accepted in practice службами
Prepositional службе службах

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 служб- + -ы → службы

Remove -а and add -ы.

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Nominative · Singular служба This is the dictionary form used to identify the noun.
Nominative · Plural служб- + -ы → службы Remove -а and add -ы.
Accusative · Singular служб- + -у → службу Remove -а and add -у.
Accusative · Plural служб- + -ы → службы Remove -а and add -ы.
Genitive · Singular служб- + -ы → службы Remove -а and add -ы.
Genitive · Plural служб- + zero ending → служб Remove -а; this form has a zero ending.
Dative · Singular служб- + -е → службе Remove -а and add -е.
Dative · Plural служб- + -ам → службам Remove -а and add -ам.
Instrumental · Singular служб- + -ой → службой Remove -а and add -ой.
Instrumental · Plural служб- + -ами → службами Remove -а and add -ами.
Prepositional · Singular служб- + -е → службе Remove -а and add -е.
Prepositional · Plural служб- + -ах → службах Remove -а and add -ах.
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