--- title: "Russian Declension Tool - Decline Any Noun Free" description: "Free Russian declension tool: see any common noun in all 6 cases, singular and plural, with audio and stress marks - and how the endings work." canonical: "https://dailycyrillic.com/tools/russian-declension" lang: "en" published: "2026-06-13T18:02:05.000Z" modified: "2026-10-27T07:33:03.000Z" author: "Daily Cyrillic" --- # Russian Declension Tool - Decline Any Noun By [Daily Cyrillic](/about) · Updated 27 Oct 2026 The Daily Cyrillic Russian declension tool displays selected nouns across all six cases in singular and plural. Choose a noun to see its endings, stress marks, pronunciation audio and an example. Compare hard and soft stems and noun genders, then use the linked case guide to understand why each form is used. Reading time: about 3 min. Cases 6 Number Singular and plural Includes Stress marks and audio ## Turn this guide into words you can use Build a free Russian set for this topic, with examples and ElevenLabs AI audio. Search a noun Or pick one - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ## стол (stol) table Gender: masculineStem: hard стол - Singular & Plural | Case | Singular | Plural | | --- | --- | --- | | Nominative | столstol | столыstolý | | Genitive | столаstolá | столовstolóv | | Accusative | столstol | столыstolý | | Dative | столуstolú | столамstolám | | Instrumental | столомstolóm | столамиstolámi | | Prepositional | (о) столе(o) stolé | (о) столах(o) stolákh | Example Книга лежит на столе. Kníga lezhít na stolé. The book is on the table. ## How Russian declension works A Russian noun is not one fixed word - it changes its ending to show its job in the sentence. That change is called declension, and there are twelve forms to know for each noun: six cases in the singular and the same six in the plural. The cases are nominative, genitive, dative, accusative, instrumental and prepositional. Two properties of the noun decide which endings it takes. The first is gender - masculine, feminine or neuter - which you can usually read straight off the dictionary form: a bare consonant is normally masculine, -а/-я is normally feminine, -о/-е is normally neuter, and -ь nouns go either way and must be learned. The second is whether the stem is hard or soft. Soft stems (ending in -ь, -й or a soft vowel) simply swap each hard ending for its soft twin: -а becomes -я, -о becomes -е, -ом becomes -ем, and so on. For the complete endings tables - every case, every gender, hard and soft - see our full guide to the Russian cases. This tool is the fast, hands-on companion: type a noun, hear it, and see the whole table at a glance. ## A few rules that explain most endings One spelling rule does a lot of heavy lifting: after к, г, х, ж, ч, ш, щ you write -и instead of -ы (so книга -> книги in the genitive, not книгы). It is behind many endings that look "wrong" at first. The animacy rule shapes the accusative. For masculine nouns and all plurals, the accusative is identical to the nominative for inanimate things (стол -> стол) but identical to the genitive for animate ones - people and animals (брат -> брата, друзья -> друзей). Feminine -а/-я nouns have their own accusative ending (-у/-ю), and feminine -ь nouns and neuter nouns do not change in the accusative singular. Finally, a small group of nouns is irregular and worth learning as fixed forms: мать and дочь expand their stem (мать -> матери, дочери); the neuter -мя nouns имя and время expand too (имя -> имени, имена); and человек has the suppletive plural люди. The tool shows all of these correctly. ## Worked examples from the tool стол (masculine, hard, inanimate): nominative стол, genitive стола, dative столу, accusative стол (= nominative, because it is inanimate), instrumental столом, prepositional (о) столе. Plural: столы, столов, столам, столы, столами, (о) столах. книга (feminine, hard): nominative книга, genitive книги (the -и spelling rule after г), dative книге, accusative книгу, instrumental книгой, prepositional (о) книге. Genitive plural drops to the bare stem: книг. мать (feminine, irregular): the stem expands to матер- in every case but the nominative and accusative singular: матери, матери, мать, матерью, (о) матери. It is animate, so the accusative plural equals the genitive plural (матерей). время (neuter, irregular -мя): времени, времени, время, временем, (о) времени in the singular; the plural is времена, времён, временам, and so on. One of only ten -мя nouns, all of which expand the stem to -ен-. ## FAQ ### How many forms does a Russian noun have? Twelve: six cases (nominative, genitive, dative, accusative, instrumental, prepositional) in both the singular and the plural. This tool shows all twelve at once for each noun, with audio. ### What decides which ending a Russian noun takes? Two things: the noun's gender (masculine, feminine, neuter) and whether its stem is hard or soft. Soft stems use the soft twin of each ending (-я instead of -а, -е instead of -о). A spelling rule - use -и after к, г, х, ж, ч, ш, щ - explains most of the rest. ### What is the animacy rule in the accusative? For masculine nouns and all plurals, the accusative equals the nominative for inanimate things (я вижу стол) but equals the genitive for animate ones - people and animals (я вижу брата, not брат). Feminine -а/-я nouns have their own accusative ending (-у/-ю). ### Which Russian nouns are irregular? A small set: мать and дочь expand their stem to матер-/дочер-; the neuter -мя nouns (имя, время) expand to -ен-; and человек has the suppletive plural люди. They are common, so it is worth learning them as fixed forms - this tool renders each one correctly. ### Can this tool decline any Russian noun? This free page covers a curated set of common nouns with fully verified forms. ## Turn this guide into words you can use Build a free Russian set for this topic, with examples and ElevenLabs AI audio. [Conjugate verbs instead](/tools/russian-verb-conjugator) ## Read the full guide - [ Russian Cases (all 6) The complete endings tables and rules behind this tool. ](/learn/russian-cases) - [ Nominative The subject; the dictionary form ](/learn/russian-cases/nominative) - [ Genitive Possession, "of", absence, quantity ](/learn/russian-cases/genitive) - [ Accusative The direct object; motion with в/на ](/learn/russian-cases/accusative) - [ Dative The indirect object; "to / for" someone ](/learn/russian-cases/dative) - [ Instrumental "With / by means of"; profession ](/learn/russian-cases/instrumental) - [ Prepositional Location and topic ("about") ](/learn/russian-cases/prepositional) - [ Russian Verb Conjugator Conjugate verbs through present, past and imperative, with audio. ](/tools/russian-verb-conjugator) - [ Learn All Russian guides and tools in one place. ](/learn) Source: https://dailycyrillic.com/tools/russian-declension