Noun reference

стол

table, desk; board

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 стол
Case Singular Plural
Nominative стол столы
Accusative стол столы
Genitive стола столов
Dative столу столам
Instrumental столом столами
Prepositional столе столах

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 стол- + -а → стола

Keep the stored stem and add -а.

Show all case-build notes
Nominative · Singular стол This is the dictionary form used to identify the noun.
Nominative · Plural стол- + -ы → столы Keep the stored stem and add -ы.
Accusative · Singular стол- + zero ending → стол Remove the zero ending; this form has a zero ending.
Accusative · Plural стол- + -ы → столы Keep the stored stem and add -ы.
Genitive · Singular стол- + -а → стола Keep the stored stem and add -а.
Genitive · Plural стол- + -ов → столов Keep the stored stem and add -ов.
Dative · Singular стол- + -у → столу Keep the stored stem and add -у.
Dative · Plural стол- + -ам → столам Keep the stored stem and add -ам.
Instrumental · Singular стол- + -ом → столом Keep the stored stem and add -ом.
Instrumental · Plural стол- + -ами → столами Keep the stored stem and add -ами.
Prepositional · Singular стол- + -е → столе Keep the stored stem and add -е.
Prepositional · Plural стол- + -ах → столах Keep the stored stem and add -ах.
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