лес (les) - forest
Every form of the Russian noun лес: 6 cases, singular and plural, stress marked.
| Case | Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominativeименительный · кто? что? | лес | леса | the subject: who or what acts |
| Accusativeвинительный · кого? что? | лес | леса | the direct object of the verb |
| Genitiveродительный · кого? чего? | леса | лесов | possession, absence, "of"-phrases |
| Dativeдательный · кому? чему? | лесу | лесам | the receiver: to or for someone |
| Instrumentalтворительный · кем? чем? | лесом | лесами | the tool or companion: with, by |
| Prepositionalпредложный · о ком? о чём? | лесе | лесах | location and topics: in, at, about |
| Locativeгде? · the where-form | в лесу | plural uses the regular prepositional | for physical location after в or на, this word uses this form instead of the prepositional |
Лес is a masculine noun; the ending pattern above repeats across most masculine nouns, so every table you learn makes the next one cheaper. One extra form matters here: for location after в or на, Russian says в лесу, with the stress on the ending, instead of the regular prepositional.
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