Noun reference

сон

dream

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 сон
Case Singular Plural
Nominative сон сны
Accusative сон сны
Genitive сна снов
Dative сну снам
Instrumental сном снами
Prepositional сне снах

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 сон → сна

The stem changes in this stored form, so a simple ending replacement would be misleading.

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Nominative · Singular сон This is the dictionary form used to identify the noun.
Nominative · Plural сон → сны The stem changes in this stored form, so a simple ending replacement would be misleading.
Accusative · Singular сон- + zero ending → сон Remove the zero ending; this form has a zero ending.
Accusative · Plural сон → сны The stem changes in this stored form, so a simple ending replacement would be misleading.
Genitive · Singular сон → сна The stem changes in this stored form, so a simple ending replacement would be misleading.
Genitive · Plural сон → снов The stem changes in this stored form, so a simple ending replacement would be misleading.
Dative · Singular сон → сну The stem changes in this stored form, so a simple ending replacement would be misleading.
Dative · Plural сон → снам The stem changes in this stored form, so a simple ending replacement would be misleading.
Instrumental · Singular сон → сном The stem changes in this stored form, so a simple ending replacement would be misleading.
Instrumental · Plural сон → снами The stem changes in this stored form, so a simple ending replacement would be misleading.
Prepositional · Singular сон → сне The stem changes in this stored form, so a simple ending replacement would be misleading.
Prepositional · Plural сон → снах The stem changes in this stored form, so a simple ending replacement would be misleading.
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