knigami

Knigami is the instrumental plural form of the Russian noun kniga, meaning "books" in the sense of the plural noun kniga used with the instrumental case. It appears when kniga is plural and governed by the instrumental case, often to indicate means or accompaniment, and is commonly used after the preposition s, meaning "with." The noun kniga belongs to feminine nouns of the first declension; its plural nominative form is knigi, and its instrumental plural form is knigami. The instrumental singular is knigoй (книгой).

In usage, knigami typically occurs in phrases that describe accompaniment or means: for example, "С книгами он пришёл" translates to "He arrived with books." This form is a grammatical case ending rather than a separate lexical item, so its occurrence depends on the syntactic role of the noun in the sentence. Outside of fixed phrases, the plural form knigi is used for the nominative plural, while knigami marks the instrumental plural.

Notes: Knigami is not a standalone word with a separate meaning; it is one of the inflected forms of kniga. It is primarily encountered in linguistic descriptions of Russian grammar and in texts that require precise case marking for plural nouns.

See also: Russian grammar, noun declension, instrumental case, Russian plural forms.