Noun reference

студент

student

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 студент
Case Singular Plural
Nominative студент студенты
Accusative студента студентов
Genitive студента студентов
Dative студенту студентам
Instrumental студентом студентами
Prepositional студенте студентах

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 студент- + -а → студента

Keep the stored stem and add -а.

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Nominative · Singular студент This is the dictionary form used to identify the noun.
Nominative · Plural студент- + -ы → студенты Keep the stored stem and add -ы.
Accusative · Singular студент- + -а → студента Keep the stored stem and add -а.
Accusative · Plural студент- + -ов → студентов Keep the stored stem and add -ов.
Genitive · Singular студент- + -а → студента Keep the stored stem and add -а.
Genitive · Plural студент- + -ов → студентов Keep the stored stem and add -ов.
Dative · Singular студент- + -у → студенту Keep the stored stem and add -у.
Dative · Plural студент- + -ам → студентам Keep the stored stem and add -ам.
Instrumental · Singular студент- + -ом → студентом Keep the stored stem and add -ом.
Instrumental · Plural студент- + -ами → студентами Keep the stored stem and add -ами.
Prepositional · Singular студент- + -е → студенте Keep the stored stem and add -е.
Prepositional · Plural студент- + -ах → студентах Keep the stored stem and add -ах.
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