Noun reference

совет

advice

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 совет
Case Singular Plural
Nominative совет советы
Accusative совет советы
Genitive совета советов
Dative совету советам
Instrumental советом советами
Prepositional совете советах

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 совет- + -а → совета

Keep the stored stem and add -а.

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Nominative · Singular совет This is the dictionary form used to identify the noun.
Nominative · Plural совет- + -ы → советы Keep the stored stem and add -ы.
Accusative · Singular совет- + zero ending → совет Remove the zero ending; this form has a zero ending.
Accusative · Plural совет- + -ы → советы Keep the stored stem and add -ы.
Genitive · Singular совет- + -а → совета Keep the stored stem and add -а.
Genitive · Plural совет- + -ов → советов Keep the stored stem and add -ов.
Dative · Singular совет- + -у → совету Keep the stored stem and add -у.
Dative · Plural совет- + -ам → советам Keep the stored stem and add -ам.
Instrumental · Singular совет- + -ом → советом Keep the stored stem and add -ом.
Instrumental · Plural совет- + -ами → советами Keep the stored stem and add -ами.
Prepositional · Singular совет- + -е → совете Keep the stored stem and add -е.
Prepositional · Plural совет- + -ах → советах Keep the stored stem and add -ах.
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