Feminine gender nouns in the genitive plural 1.4.2.1. Dropping the singular ending -а
Most feminine gender nouns ending in -аform the genitive plu-
ral Ьу dropping the ending -а.встреча- встречD газета-газе-тО карта - кар-тО книга - книгО комната - комна-тО рыба- рыбD страна - странО
Some of the above nouns have баржа - баржей(барж0)1 свеча - свечей( свечО)
о forms for the genitive plural. barge - of barges
candle - of candles
The following feminine gender nouns ending in -яtake the ending -ейin the genitive plural. броня - бр6ней
вожжа - вожжей каланча- каланчей праща - пращей
meeting - of meetings
newspaper - of newspapers map-of maps
book - of books
room - of rooms
fish - of fish/of fishes
country - of countries
1.4.2.2. The -ей genitive case ending of feminine gender nounsА small group of femini!1e gender nouns ending in -аwhich are preceded Ьу any of the following consonants ж, ч, ш, щtake the ending -ейin the genitive plural.
бахча - бахчейmelon-field - of melon-fields
rein - of reins
watch-tower - of watch-towers
sling - of slings
доля - долей
западня - западнейклешня - клешней
ноздря - ноздрейпригоршня - пригоршнейраспря- распрей
ступня - ступней
гезегуайоп - of reservations share - of shares
trap - of traps
claw - of claws
nostril - of nostrils handful - of handfuls dispute - of disputes foot - of feet
1.4.2.3. Dropped ending -а or -я and the insertion of а 'fleeting vowel'
А number of feminine gender nouns ending in -аwith the stem ending in two consonants the last one of which is к, нor цhave the 'fleeting vowels' о/е/ёinserted in the suffix when forming the genitive plural.
девочка - девочекО girl - of girls
девушка - девушекО young lady - of young ladies
княжна - княжонD princess - of princesses
копна - копён/копенD stack - of stacks
овца - овеuО ewe - of ewes
сосна - сосенD pine-tree - of pine-trees
But:
колонна - колонно column - of columns
мадонна - мадоннD madonna - of madonnas
Feminine gender nouns ending in -яdrop the ending when forming
their genitive plural. 'Fleeting vowels' сап occur in nouns with the suffixes ending in лand in н.Such nouns, as а rule, preserve the softness of the final consonant of the stem.
деревня - деревеньD village - of villages
земля - земельD land - of lands
1 Also: граммов.
1 Ср.: баржа - баржёй, but баржа - баржО.
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оньО петля - петельО эаря -зорьО
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семья - семе статья - стате стая - ста
1tcr1eri - ot Kitcnens loop - of loops
da\vn - of dawns annv - of nannies
ешвг gender nouns са in genitive case pl
family - of families article - of articles lock - of ftocks
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Ero-enaing iin
А small group of such nouns does not ргезегуе the softness of ше al consonant of the stem in -the genitive plural.
басня - басенО fаЫе - of faЫes
шня - вишенD cherry - of cherries
онюшня - конюшенD staЫe - of staЫes
пашня - пашенD oloughed-land - of ploughed-lands
песня - песенD song - of songs
The ending -ий
Feminine gender nouns ending in -ияtake -ийin the genitive
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