Noun reference

товарищ

comrade, friend

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 товарищ
Case Singular Plural
Nominative товарищ товарищи
Accusative товарища товарищей
Genitive товарища товарищей
Dative товарищу товарищам
Instrumental товарищем товарищами
Prepositional товарище товарищах

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 товарищ- + -а → товарища

Keep the stored stem and add -а.

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Nominative · Singular товарищ This is the dictionary form used to identify the noun.
Nominative · Plural товарищ- + -и → товарищи Keep the stored stem and add -и.
Accusative · Singular товарищ- + -а → товарища Keep the stored stem and add -а.
Accusative · Plural товарищ- + -ей → товарищей Keep the stored stem and add -ей.
Genitive · Singular товарищ- + -а → товарища Keep the stored stem and add -а.
Genitive · Plural товарищ- + -ей → товарищей Keep the stored stem and add -ей.
Dative · Singular товарищ- + -у → товарищу Keep the stored stem and add -у.
Dative · Plural товарищ- + -ам → товарищам Keep the stored stem and add -ам.
Instrumental · Singular товарищ- + -ем → товарищем Keep the stored stem and add -ем.
Instrumental · Plural товарищ- + -ами → товарищами Keep the stored stem and add -ами.
Prepositional · Singular товарищ- + -е → товарище Keep the stored stem and add -е.
Prepositional · Plural товарищ- + -ах → товарищах Keep the stored stem and add -ах.
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