Noun reference

солдат

soldier

Masculine · Animate

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 солдат
Case Singular Plural
Nominative солдат солдаты
Accusative солдата солдат
Genitive солдата Солдат
Dative солдату солдатам
Instrumental солдатом солдатами
Prepositional солдате солдатах

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 солдат- + -а → солдата

Keep the stored stem and add -а.

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Nominative · Singular солдат This is the dictionary form used to identify the noun.
Nominative · Plural солдат- + -ы → солдаты Keep the stored stem and add -ы.
Accusative · Singular солдат- + -а → солдата Keep the stored stem and add -а.
Accusative · Plural солдат- + zero ending → солдат Remove the zero ending; this form has a zero ending.
Genitive · Singular солдат- + -а → солдата Keep the stored stem and add -а.
Genitive · Plural солдат- + zero ending → Солдат Remove the zero ending; this form has a zero ending.
Dative · Singular солдат- + -у → солдату Keep the stored stem and add -у.
Dative · Plural солдат- + -ам → солдатам Keep the stored stem and add -ам.
Instrumental · Singular солдат- + -ом → солдатом Keep the stored stem and add -ом.
Instrumental · Plural солдат- + -ами → солдатами Keep the stored stem and add -ами.
Prepositional · Singular солдат- + -е → солдате Keep the stored stem and add -е.
Prepositional · Plural солдат- + -ах → солдатах Keep the stored stem and add -ах.
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