In general, masculine nouns end in a consonant with or without a soft sign, feminine nouns in the vowels -а
, -я, and -ь, and neuter nouns in the vowels -о, -е. However, a more complete listing is given below. Note that the nouns presented here are in the nominative case, which is the case in which they are typically presented in the dictionary. The endings for each of the other cases are presented later.1. Masculine nouns may end in a consonant
, with or without a -ь, -й.a. Consonant.
интеграл, ранг, выигрыш
b. Consonant plus -ь.
делитель
c. -й: случай, край
2. Feminine nouns may end in -а
, -я, -ия, -ь.a. -а: сторона, задача
b. -я: потеря
c. -ия: функция
d. -ь: часть, приводимость, вещь
3. Neuter nouns may end in -о
, -е, -ие, -мя.a. -о: место, множество
b. -e: поле, море
c. -ие: отображение
d. -мя: время, имя
4. The plural endings for masculine, feminine, and neuter nouns in the nominative are as follows:
a. Masculine and feminine plural: -ы, -и, -а
интегралы, случаи, профессора, края (
стороны, задачи (
b. Neuter plural: -а, -я
множества, поля, отображения
C. Case Endings of Nouns |
The endings given above in part B are those of the
1. Genitive case.
a. Masculine nouns have the following endings:
i. Singular: -а
, -яслучай (
интеграл (
ii. Plural: -ов
, -ев, -ейранг (
случай (
делитель (
b. Feminine nouns have the following endings:
i. Singular: -ы
, -иперестановка (
сторона (
задача (
потеря (
ii. Plural: -Ш
, -ь, -и, -ей 1сторона (
задача (
перестановка (
потеря (
часть (
функция (
c. Neuter nouns have the following endings:
i. Singular: -а
, -яместо (
отображение (
ii. Plural: -Ш
, -и, -ейместо (
отображение (
поле (
2. Dative case.
a. Masculine and neuter nouns have the following endings in the singular: -у
, -ю.i. Examples of masculine nouns:
интеграл (
случай (
ii. Examples of neuter nouns:
место (
отображение (
b. Feminine nouns have the following endings in the singular: -е
, -и.сторона (
потеря (
функция (
часть (
c. The plural endings in the dative case are identical for masculine, feminine, and neuter nouns: -ам
, -ям.i. Examples of masculine nouns:
интеграл (
случай (
ii. Examples of neuter nouns:
место (
отображение (
iii. Examples of feminine nouns:
сторона (
потеря (
функция (
3. Accusative case.
a. Masculine nouns have the following endings:
i. Singular: -Ш
, -а 3интеграл (
профессор (
ранг (
ii. Plural: -ы
, -и, -ов (and other genitive plural endings)интеграл (
студент (
b. Feminine nouns have the following endings:
i. Singular: -у
, -ю, -ьсторона (