Slovak declension pattern žena

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1 Slovak 1.1 Declension Pattern žena 1.1.1 Singular 1.1.2 Plural

Slovak

Declension Pattern žena

pattern žena f, noun

žen- stem

Singular

• nom žen-a
• gen žen-y
• dat žen-e
• acc žen-u
• voc žen-a
• loc žen-u
• ins žen-ou

Plural

• nom žen-y
• gen žien
• dat žen-ám
• acc žen-y
• voc žen-y
• loc žen-ách
• ins žen-ami

Feminine nouns ending at -a' preceded by a hard consonant follow this pattern. Those ending at -a preceded by a soft consonant follow the pattern ulica.

In poetic usage, the vocative singular can be ženo.

The genitive plural modifies the word stem and it does so differently for each word following this pattern.