Noun reference

война

war

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 война
Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	война	войны
Accusative	войну	войны
Genitive	войны	войн
Dative	войне	войнам
Instrumental	войнойLong instrumental variant: войною Accepted in practice	войнами
Prepositional	войне	войнах

Form pattern

The paradigm above is authoritative. These notes expose a transparent ending change only when the stored declension family supports one.

Genitive · Singular войн- + -ы → войны

Remove -а and add -ы.

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Nominative · Singular война This is the dictionary form used to identify the noun.

Nominative · Plural войн- + -ы → войны Remove -а and add -ы.

Accusative · Singular войн- + -у → войну Remove -а and add -у.

Accusative · Plural войн- + -ы → войны Remove -а and add -ы.

Genitive · Singular войн- + -ы → войны Remove -а and add -ы.

Genitive · Plural войн- + zero ending → войн Remove -а; this form has a zero ending.

Dative · Singular войн- + -е → войне Remove -а and add -е.

Dative · Plural войн- + -ам → войнам Remove -а and add -ам.

Instrumental · Singular войн- + -ой → войной Remove -а and add -ой.

Instrumental · Plural войн- + -ами → войнами Remove -а and add -ами.

Prepositional · Singular войн- + -е → войне Remove -а and add -е.

Prepositional · Plural войн- + -ах → войнах Remove -а and add -ах.