Noun reference

водка

vodka

Feminine · Inanimate

Feminine -а family

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 водка
Case Singular Plural
Nominative водка водки
Accusative водку водки
Genitive водки водок
Dative водке водкам
Instrumental водкойLong instrumental variant: водкою Accepted in practice водками
Prepositional водке водках

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 водк- + -и → водки

Remove -а and add -и.

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Nominative · Singular водка This is the dictionary form used to identify the noun.
Nominative · Plural водк- + -и → водки Remove -а and add -и.
Accusative · Singular водк- + -у → водку Remove -а and add -у.
Accusative · Plural водк- + -и → водки Remove -а and add -и.
Genitive · Singular водк- + -и → водки Remove -а and add -и.
Genitive · Plural водка → водок The stem changes in this stored form, so a simple ending replacement would be misleading.
Dative · Singular водк- + -е → водке Remove -а and add -е.
Dative · Plural водк- + -ам → водкам Remove -а and add -ам.
Instrumental · Singular водк- + -ой → водкой Remove -а and add -ой.
Instrumental · Plural водк- + -ами → водками Remove -а and add -ами.
Prepositional · Singular водк- + -е → водке Remove -а and add -е.
Prepositional · Plural водк- + -ах → водках Remove -а and add -ах.
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