Noun reference

сосед

neighbour

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 сосед
Case Singular Plural
Nominative сосед соседи
Accusative соседа соседей
Genitive соседа соседей
Dative соседу соседям
Instrumental соседом соседями
Prepositional соседе соседях

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 сосед- + -а → соседа

Keep the stored stem and add -а.

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Nominative · Singular сосед This is the dictionary form used to identify the noun.
Nominative · Plural сосед- + -и → соседи Keep the stored stem and add -и.
Accusative · Singular сосед- + -а → соседа Keep the stored stem and add -а.
Accusative · Plural сосед- + -ей → соседей Keep the stored stem and add -ей.
Genitive · Singular сосед- + -а → соседа Keep the stored stem and add -а.
Genitive · Plural сосед- + -ей → соседей Keep the stored stem and add -ей.
Dative · Singular сосед- + -у → соседу Keep the stored stem and add -у.
Dative · Plural сосед- + -ям → соседям Keep the stored stem and add -ям.
Instrumental · Singular сосед- + -ом → соседом Keep the stored stem and add -ом.
Instrumental · Plural сосед- + -ями → соседями Keep the stored stem and add -ями.
Prepositional · Singular сосед- + -е → соседе Keep the stored stem and add -е.
Prepositional · Plural сосед- + -ях → соседях Keep the stored stem and add -ях.
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