Feminine Nouns Ending in a Consonant

Level 3

These feminine nouns end in a consonant and take -i in most singular cases.

How It Works

Almost all feminine nouns end in -a, but a good handful end in a consonant. You must learn their gender: noć (night), stvar (thing), riječ (word), ljubav (love), pamet (mind).

CaseSingular
nominativenoć
genitivenoći
dativenoći
accusativenoć
locativenoći

The nominative plural is noći as well. The instrumental singular varies from word to word (noću, stvari, ljubavlju), so learn it with each noun.

Since the nominative looks like a masculine noun, check the gender in the dictionary and use feminine words around it: duga noć, ova stvar.

Examples (4)

  1. Noć je bila duga.

    The night was long.

    Noć is feminine, so the participle is bila.

  2. Došli smo usred noći.

    We came in the middle of the night.

    Usred needs the genitive: noći.

  3. Imam jednu stvar za tebe.

    I have one thing for you.

    The accusative stvar looks like the nominative.

  4. To je lijepa riječ.

    That is a beautiful word.

    Lijepa agrees with feminine riječ.

Common Mistakes

  • Learners keep the nominative after bez.

    Ostao sam bez stvar.
    Ostao sam bez stvari.

    After bez the genitive ends in -i.

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Feminine Nouns Ending in a ConsonantLevel 3

Learn This First

Some feminine nouns end in a consonant.

Words in This Pattern

noćstvarriječljubavpamet