Noun reference

враг

enemy

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 враг
Case Singular Plural
Nominative враг враги
Accusative врага врагов
Genitive врага врагов
Dative врагу врагам
Instrumental врагом врагами
Prepositional враге врагах

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 враг- + -а → врага

Keep the stored stem and add -а.

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Nominative · Singular враг This is the dictionary form used to identify the noun.
Nominative · Plural враг- + -и → враги Keep the stored stem and add -и.
Accusative · Singular враг- + -а → врага Keep the stored stem and add -а.
Accusative · Plural враг- + -ов → врагов Keep the stored stem and add -ов.
Genitive · Singular враг- + -а → врага Keep the stored stem and add -а.
Genitive · Plural враг- + -ов → врагов Keep the stored stem and add -ов.
Dative · Singular враг- + -у → врагу Keep the stored stem and add -у.
Dative · Plural враг- + -ам → врагам Keep the stored stem and add -ам.
Instrumental · Singular враг- + -ом → врагом Keep the stored stem and add -ом.
Instrumental · Plural враг- + -ами → врагами Keep the stored stem and add -ами.
Prepositional · Singular враг- + -е → враге Keep the stored stem and add -е.
Prepositional · Plural враг- + -ах → врагах Keep the stored stem and add -ах.
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