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The Declension of Singular Nouns From previous lessons you learned about the six cases and two numbers of Russian nouns. The inflexion of nouns by cases and numbers is called declension (ñêëîíåíèå - pronounced as sklah-nye-nee-ye). Depending on case endings all singular nouns are divided into three types of declension. First declension nouns are primarily feminine nouns but there are also several masculine nouns with an initial (dictionary, nominative) form ending in -à, -ÿ. For example:
First declension nouns end in -e in the dative and prepositional cases (òðàâe, î òðàâe). Nouns which have initial form ending in -èÿ (àðìèÿ, Íàòàëèÿ) get the ending -è in the dative and prepositional cases (àðìèè, îá àðìèè, Íàòàëèè, î Íàòàëèè). Here is a chart that sums up the endings of first declension singular nouns.
* Stressed vowels are underlined. Endings are in bold. Second declension nouns are masculine nouns with a zero ending in the initial form (ñòîë, îëåíü, ãåðáàðèé) and neuter nouns ending in -o, e (íåáo, ïîëe, ïîâåäåíèe). Second declension nouns in the prepositional case end in -e (îá îëåíe, î íåáe, î ïîëe). Masculine nouns with an initial form ending in -èé and neuter nouns ending in -èå get the ending -è in the prepositional case. The endings typical of second declension singular nouns are summed up in this table.
* Stressed vowels are underlined. Endings are in bold. Third declension nouns are feminine nouns with a zero ending in the initial form (äî÷ü, ñèðåíü, òèøü). Third declension singular nouns in the genitive, dative and prepositional cases end in -è (ó ñèðåíè, ê ñèðåíè, î ñèðåíè). This table sums up the endings of third declension singular nouns.
* Stressed vowels are underlined. Endings are in bold.
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