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 Among peculiar forms belonging to this declension may be mentioned the noun Bóg 'God,' which makes the dative Bogu, instead of Bogowi, and also the vocative Boże; człowiek, 'man,' has in the vocative both człowieku and człowiecze; xiądz, 'priest,' has the genitive xięże.

Feminine substantives are those ending in the vowels a (except a few implying the offices of men) and i, and most of the substantives ending in one of the soft consonants ć, dź, ść, 'ź', 'ż'.