1.4.2. Feminine gender nouns in the genitive plural 1.4.2.1. Dropping the singular ending -а
Most feminine gender nouns ending in -а form 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 -я take the ending -ей in 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 nouns А small group of femini!1e gender nouns ending in -а which are preceded Ьу any of the following consonants ж, ч, ш, щ take the ending -ей in the genitive plural.
бахча - бахчей melon-field - of melon-fields
rein - of reins
watch-tower - of watch-towers
sling - of slings
доля - долей
западня - западней клешня - клешней
ноздря - ноздрей пригоршня - пригоршней распря- 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 -а with the stem ending in two consonants the last one of which is к, н or ц have the 'fleeting vowels' о/е/ё inserted 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 -я drop the ending when forming
their genitive plural. 'Fleeting vowels' сап occur in nouns with the suffixes ending in л and 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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1
оньО петля - петельО эаря -зорьО
яня-н Ви •.
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
._,...2.4. The ending -ий
Feminine gender nouns ending in -ия take -ий in the genitive
.......... з.
ешег gender nouns in the genitive case plur,al
е 'tne end1
-'Ий. -ев о
IL1ral.
армия - армий
онституция - конституций линия - линий
станция - станций
Also:
колдунья - колдуний witch - of witches
Feminine gender поцпв with the stem ending in а consonant softened
Ьу ь (the soft sign) take the ending -ей in the genitive plural.
дверь - дверей door - of doors
ночь - ночей night - of nights
тетрадь - тетрадей note-book - of note-books
ень - теней shadow - of sl1adows
Exceptions:
army - of armies
constitution - of сопэпшпопэ line - of lines
station - of stations
ешег gender по
enaing i11 'the genitive plural. дело-дело зеркало - зеркалD озеро - озёрО плечо - плечD слово - слово училище - училишО Exceptions:
оре - морей облако-облаков поле - полей ружьё - ружей
plural
,е ,enainas -о and 1n -е агор
business - от ous1nвsses mirror - of m1rroras
lake - of laкes
shoulder - of shoulaers
ord - of v,oras college - of colle
sea-of seas cloud - of clouds field - of fields rifle - of rHles