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Study Resource: Russian plural nouns reference sheet

By: Olga Maroz

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These activities are part of our Russian Grammar series. The skills we are practicing here are covered in our article:

Russian regular singular and plural noun endings in every case

	Singular			Plural
Case	masculine	feminine	neuter	masculine	feminine	neuter
Nominative	consonant soft sign	-a[a] -я[ya] soft sign	-o[o] -e[ye]	-ы[y] -и[i]	-ы[y] -и[i]	-а[a] -я[ye]
Accusative (inanimate)	consonant soft sign	-у[oo] -ю[yu]	-о[o] -e[ye]	-ы[y] -и[i]	-ы[y] -и[i]	-а[a] -я[ye]
Accusative (animate)	-а[a] -я[ya]	-у[oo] -ю[yu]	-о[o] -e[ye]	-ов[ov] -ев[yev]	drop the ending -ей[yey]	-ых[ykh] -их[ikh]
Prepositional	-е[ye]	-е[ye] -и[i]	-e[ye] -и[i]	-ах[akh] -ях[yev]
Genitive	-а[a] -я[ya]	-ы[y] -и[i]	-а[a] -я[ya]	-ых[ykh] -их[ikh]
Prepositional	-у[oo] -ю[yu]	-е[ye] -и[i]	-у[oo] -ю[yu]	-ам[am] -ям[yam]
Prepositional	-ом[om] -ем[yem]	-ой[oy] -ей[yey]	-ом[om] -ем[yem]	-ами[Ami] -ями[YAmi]

Russian masculine nouns that take -а or -я in the plural

Singular	Plural	Translation
адрес ADris	адреса adriSA	address(es)
век vek	века viKA	century/centuries
голос GOlas	голоса galaSA	voice(s)
директор diREKtar	директора diriktaRA	director(s)
доктор DOKtar	доктора daktaRA	doctor(s)
край kray	края kraYA	edge(s)
остров OStraf	острова astraVA	island(s)
отпуск Otpoosk	отпуска atpoosKA	vacation(s)
паспорт PASpart	паспорта pasparTA	passport(s)
повар POvar	повара pavaRA	chef(s), cook(s)
профессор praFYEsar	профессора prafisaRA	professor(s)
свитер SVEEtr	свитера sviteRA	sweater(s)
дом dom	дома daMA	house(s)
город GOrad	города garaDA	city/cities
учитель ooCHEEtel	учителя oochiteLYA	teacher(s)

Some confusing Russian singular and plural nouns for English speakers

The singular and plural forms of the nouns below are used differently in English vs. Russian:

Singular or plural in English	Only singular in Russian
pea(s)	горошек gaROshik
potato(es)	картошка karTOSHka
dish(es)	посуда paSOOda
shoe(s)	горошек gaROshik
grape(s)	vinaGRAT vinaGRAT
strawberry/strawberries	клубника kloobNEEka
raspberry/raspberries	малина maLEEna
choice(s)	выбор VYbar
experience(s)	опыт Opyt

Singular or plural in English	Only plural in Russian
watch(es)	часы chaSY
gate(s)	ворота vaROta
election(s)	выборы VYbary
sled(s)	санки SANki
debate(s)	дебаты diBAty
chore(s), trouble(s)	хлопоты KHLOpaty

Only singular in English	Singular or plural in Russian
advice	совет(ы) saVYEt(y)
research	исследование(я) isLYEdavaniye(ya)
knowledge	знание(я) ZNAniye(ya)
hair	волос(ы) SVOlas(y)
news	новость(и) NOvast(i)

Only plural in English	Singular or plural in Russian
thanks	благодарность(и) blagodARnost(i)
outskirts	окраи(на/ны) okRAY(na/ny)

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