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 ﻿Singular. Plural.

A. růS-i r&í-e

V. rui-e růí-e

I.  růS-i rňi-emi

L. n růž-i v růí-ích.

To this declension belong all feminine nouns ending in -a, and some masculine of the same termination (cf. Lať. scurra, verna, &c), such as pastucha, the shepherd; vévoda, the duke. To the second group all feminine nouns ending in -e or -e; dcera, a daughter, following the Old Slavonic form, has dceři in dat. and loc. singular.

Fourth Declension, u-stems.

This declension has now been partly swallowed up by the first. It survives only in gen. singular in -u, dat. and loc. singular in -u, and in the termination -ov, which enters several times into the composition of the cases.

Fifth Declension.

i-stems.

kosí, f. a bone.

Singular. Plural.

N. kosí kost-i

G. kost-i kost-i

D. kost-i kost-em

A. kosí kost-i

V. kost-i kost-i

I. kost-i kosi-mi

L. v kost-i kost-ich.

To this conjugation belong all substantives in b, p, m, s, some in /, v, 2, the most in c, d, i, and all in l, ř, "s, I, as hus, the