Feminine Plural in -и

Plural of Feminine Nouns

Level 1Sounds Like množina na ženski imenki na -i

To make a feminine noun plural, change the final -а to -и: жена → жени, куќа → куќи.

How It Works

Change -а to -и. This covers almost all feminine nouns:

  • жена → жени (women)
  • куќа → куќи (houses)
  • сестра → сестри (sisters)
  • улица → улици (streets)

К and г stay the same. Masculine nouns change к to ц before -и, but feminine nouns do not:

  • девојка → девојки (girls)
  • мајка → мајки (mothers)
  • книга → книги (books)

Nouns in -ија. The -а changes to -и as usual, so the word ends in -ии: историја → истории, линија → линии.

Feminine nouns ending in a consonant. Add -и: ноќ → ноќи (nights), пролет → пролети (springs), радост → радости (joys). See Feminine Nouns Ending in a Consonant.

After numbers. Feminine nouns use this same plural: две жени, три книги.

With the article. Add -те: жените (the women), куќите (the houses), ноќите (the nights). See The Definite Article.

Two very common nouns are irregular: рака → раце (hands) and нога → нозе (legs). See Irregular Plurals.

Examples (6)

  1. Во кафулето седат три жени.

    Three women are sitting in the café.

    Feminine nouns use the ordinary plural after numbers too.

  2. Куќите во селото се стари.

    The houses in the village are old.

    Куќа → куќи, and -те adds the article.

  3. Имам многу книги.

    I have a lot of books.

    Книга → книги: the г stays.

  4. Девојките учат македонски.

    The girls are learning Macedonian.

    Девојка → девојки: the к stays.

  5. Ноќите во планина се ладни.

    The nights in the mountains are cold.

    Ноќ ends in a consonant, so it just adds -и.

  6. Моите сестри живеат во Битола.

    My sisters live in Bitola.

Common Mistakes

  • Changing к to ц as in masculine plurals.

    Девојците учат македонски.
    Девојките учат македонски.

    Only masculine nouns change к to ц. Feminine nouns keep it: девојка → девојки.

  • Keeping the singular after a number.

    Имам три книга.
    Имам три книги.

    After a number, a feminine noun takes its ordinary plural in -и.

  • Giving a feminine consonant noun a masculine plural.

    Ноќовите се ладни.
    Ноќите се ладни.

    Ноќ is feminine, so it takes -и, not the masculine -ови.

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