- •Its forms and usage
- •1.1.1.2. Masculine nouns with stressed о, е, ё in the final syllaЫe of the stem
- •1.1.4. Ldiomatic expressions and set-phrases
- •1.2. Feminine gender nouns in the genitive case singular
- •1.2.1. The endings -ы and -и.
- •1.3.2. The ten neuter gender nouns which end in -мя in nominative singular
- •1.4. 1.4. Dropping the singular ending -а
- •1.4.1.Б. Retention of the nominative singular form as the genitive plural form
- •1.4.1.5. Dropping the singular ending -ин
- •1.4.2. Feminine gender nouns in the genitive plural 1.4.2.1. Dropping the singular ending -а
- •1.4.2.3. Dropped ending -а or -я and the insertion of а 'fleeting vowel'
- •1.4.З.2. Dropping of -е/-о ending and the insertion of the 'fleeting vowel' е
- •1.4.4. Nouns that have no singular form
- •1.4.3.5. Neuter gender nouns that end in -мя in nominative singular
- •1.4.4. 1. Zero-ending
- •1.4.4.2. The endings -ов and -ев
- •1.4.5. Adjectival nouns
- •1.S.1. Adjectives
- •1.S.1.1. Hard stem in singular
- •1.5.1.2. Soft stem in singular
- •1.5. 1.3. Exceptions in singular
- •1.5.1.4. Plural
- •1.5.2. Participles
- •1. 7.3. Lndicative pronouns
- •2.1. Дdnominal genitive 2.1.1. Ownership/possession
- •2.1.2. :Relatio
- •2. 1.4.1. Тпе асегп of action
- •2.1.4.2. The object of action
- •2.1.5.2. Lndefinite quantity
- •2.1.6. The partitive genitive
- •2.1. 7. The nouns following adjectives and participles
- •2.1.8. Genitive case of time
- •2.2. Adverblal genitive 2.2.1. Object of а verb
- •Verbs and adverbs
- •2. 2. З. Nouns used with transitive verbs
- •2.2.4. The genitive case of negation
- •2.2.4.1. {А) lmpersonal constructions
- •2.2.4.4. (D) Negative verbal adverbs or participles
- •2.2.4.5. (Е) Stressed absolute negation
- •2.2.4.3. (С) Direct object with negation
- •2.2.4.6. (F) Set phrases with negation
- •2.2.4. 7. {G) Direct object is an abstract noun or pronoun
- •3.1.1. Simple primary prepositions
- •Imple adverblal prepositions
- •3.2. Complex prepositions
- •3. 2. 2. Complex nominal prepositions
- •3.2.5. Prepositions followed exclusively Ьу the genitive case
- •3.3.3. Ввиду - in view of, as, since
- •3.3.5. Взамен - instead of, in place of
- •3.3.6. Вместо - instead of, in place of
- •3.3.8. Внизу- at the foot of, at the bottom of
- •3.3.11. Возле - Ьу, oear, close Ьу
- •3.3.12. Вокруг - around, round
- •3.3.14. Вроде - like, not unlike, such as
- •3.3.15. Вследствие - owing to, on account of, in consequence of
- •3.3.42. Против - against, opposite
- •3.4.3. Special uses of douЫe prepositions
- •3.5.8. Независимо от- irrespective of
- •3.6.11. 8 Знак- as а sign of, as а token of
- •3.6.26. В порядке- in order of, as а matter of
- •3.6.27. В продолжение- during, for, in the course of
- •3.6.28. В pamкax-within the framework of
- •3.6.51. По причине- for the reason of, because of
- •3. 7. Genitive case prepositional constructions with complex verbal prepositions
- •3. 7. 1. Исходя из - proceeding from
1.4.З.2. Dropping of -е/-о ending and the insertion of the 'fleeting vowel' е
euter nouns ending in -е/-о with the stem ending in two consonants the last one of which is л, м, н or ц have the 1fleeting vowel' е inserted in the suffix when forming the genitive ршга!
бревно - брёвенD log - of logs
кресло - креселD arm-chair - of arm-chairs
письмо - писемО letter - of letters
полотенце - полотенеuО сердце - сердеuО ремесло - ремёселО
towel - of towels heart - of hearts trade - of trades
ать - матерей дочь - дочерей
mother - of mothers daughter - of daL1ghters
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1.4.З.З. The -ев genitive case ending
А number of neuter поцпз with the stem ending in а hard consonant
(as ,...,ell as in -ье) take the ending -ев/-ьев in the genitive plural.
верховье - верховьев river-head - of river-heads
дерево - деревьев tree - of trees
крыло - крыльев wing - of wings
низовье - низовьев lower reach - of lower reaches
перо - перьев feather - of feathers
устье - устьев Exceptions: мгновенье-мгновений ущелье - ущелий
estuary - of estuaries
moment - of moments gorge - of gorges
1.4.3.4. The -ий genitive case ending
захолустье - захолустий
god-forsaken place -
of god-forsaken places
побережье - побережий coast-line - of coast-lines
снадобье - снадобий drug - of drugs
Neuter gender nouns ending in -ие in nominative singular take -ий ending in the genitive plural.
видение - видений
здание - зданий отверстие-отверстий собрание-собраний
apparition - of apparitions building - of buildings opening - of openings meeting - of meetings
Exceptions to this rule are:
семя - семена - семянО seed - of seeds
стремя - стремена - stirrup - of stirrups
стремянО
The four neuter gender nouns ending in -мя: бремя - burden, пламя - flame, вымя - udder, темя - sinciput, top of the head have no plural form in Russian.
1.4.4. Nouns that have no singular form
Nouns that have no singular form in Russian, have their genitive plural in опе of the foltowing ways.
1.4.3.5. Neuter gender nouns that end in -мя in nominative singular
The neuter gender nouns ending in -мя do not take any end·
ings in the genitive plural, but they retain their plural nominative stem. знамя - знамёна - знамёнО flag - of а flag
время - времена - времёнО time - of time
имя - имена - имёнО name - of а name
племя - племена - племёнО tribe - of а tribe
1.4.4. 1. Zero-ending
The following plural nouns have а zero-ending in the genitive plural.
ворота - воротО gate - of gate
деньги - денегО money - of money
дрова - дровО firewood - of firewood
каникулы - каникулО holidays - of holidays мокасины - мокасинО moccasins - of moccasins
ножницы - ножниuО scissors - of scissors
носилки - носилокО stretcher - of (а) stretcher(s)
перила - перило railings - of railings
потёмки - потёмокО darkness - of darkness похороны - похоронО funeral - of (а) funeral(s) сумерки - сумерекО twilight - of twilight
сутки - сутокО 24 hours - of 24 hours
хлопоты - хлопотО trouЫe - of trouЫe
чернила - чернило ink - of ink
шаровары - шароварО Ыoomers - of Ыoomers