Noun reference

замок

lock (if stress falls on 'a'); castle (if stress falls on 'o')

Masculine · Inanimate

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 замок
Case Singular Plural
Nominative замок замки
Accusative замок замки
Genitive замка замков
Dative замку замкам
Instrumental замком замками
Prepositional замке замках

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 замок → замка

The stem changes in this stored form, so a simple ending replacement would be misleading.

Show all case-build notes
Nominative · Singular замок This is the dictionary form used to identify the noun.
Nominative · Plural замок → замки The stem changes in this stored form, so a simple ending replacement would be misleading.
Accusative · Singular замок- + zero ending → замок Remove the zero ending; this form has a zero ending.
Accusative · Plural замок → замки The stem changes in this stored form, so a simple ending replacement would be misleading.
Genitive · Singular замок → замка The stem changes in this stored form, so a simple ending replacement would be misleading.
Genitive · Plural замок → замков The stem changes in this stored form, so a simple ending replacement would be misleading.
Dative · Singular замок → замку The stem changes in this stored form, so a simple ending replacement would be misleading.
Dative · Plural замок → замкам The stem changes in this stored form, so a simple ending replacement would be misleading.
Instrumental · Singular замок → замком The stem changes in this stored form, so a simple ending replacement would be misleading.
Instrumental · Plural замок → замками The stem changes in this stored form, so a simple ending replacement would be misleading.
Prepositional · Singular замок → замке The stem changes in this stored form, so a simple ending replacement would be misleading.
Prepositional · Plural замок → замках The stem changes in this stored form, so a simple ending replacement would be misleading.
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