Russian noun declension table/declension chart. A grammar chart / case chart for Russian Singular Nouns. We also have PDF version which
you can download and print out and put in a folder to refer to when studying in class for example.
There is also a free Pocket Reference Sheet which is a convenient size that you
could use when cramming for an exam for example.
Russian Grammar Charts - Singular Nouns
Key
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* |
No Change |
| + |
Add letter |
| > |
Replace letter |
| - |
Remove letter |
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How to use this chart
The chart references changes that need to be made from the Nominative singular endings (left).
Use the Key to determine the type of change to be made.
For example, to make стол genitive: this is a masculine word ending in a consonant
so look at the change at the intersection between Masculine Consonant and Genitive.
The change is +a, so this means "add a", so the genitive is стола
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Download a free printable PDF version to refer to your studies
| Gender |
Endings |
Accusative |
Genitive |
Dative |
Prepositional |
Instrumental |
| M |
8 cons. |
* 1 |
+a |
+у |
+е |
+ом |
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ь |
* 1 |
> я |
> ю |
> е |
> ем 3 |
|
й |
* 1 |
> я |
> ю |
> е 6 |
> ем 3 |
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| F |
а |
> у |
> ы 3 |
> е |
> е |
> ой 4 |
|
я |
> ю |
> и |
> е 7 |
> е 7 |
> ей 3 |
|
ь |
* |
> и |
> и |
> и |
+ ю |
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| N |
о |
* 4 |
> а |
> у |
> е |
> ом 4 |
|
е |
* 3 |
> я |
> ю |
> е 5 |
> ем 3 |
|
мя |
* |
> мени |
> мени |
> мени |
> менем |
Notes (subscript numbers above)
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1 |
Accusative Masculine - use Genitive if human or animal |
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2 |
Watch out for 7 letter spelling rule (ы must not follow к,г,ч,х,ж,ш,щ)
use и instead |
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3 |
After a soft consonant, ё is written when stressed otherwise it’s
e |
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4 |
o is written when stressed otherwise it’s e |
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5 |
If ending in ие, и is written instead |
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6 |
Masculine nouns ending ий like гений have
ии for Prepositional |
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7 |
Feminine nouns ending ия like армия have и
instead of е in the Dative and Prepositional |
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8 |
With masculine nouns ending ок,ек,ёк,or ещ, the
fleeting vowels о,е,ё are lost in declension e.g. рынок >
рынк and конец > конц |
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Remember - foreign origin words don't decline
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| Examples |
| зал |
Genitive: +a = зала |
Dative: +y = залу |
| спектакль |
Genitive: ь > я = спектакля |
Dative: ь > ю = спектаклю |
| лампа |
Genitive: а > ы = лампы |
Dative: а > е = лампе |
| море |
Genitive: е > я = моря |
Dative: е > ю = морю |