Second declension

To the second declension belongs masculine nouns which ends with -is in singular nominative and nouns akmens (stone), asmens (blade), zibens (lightning), ūdens (water), mēness (moon), rudens (autumn), suns (dog), sāls (salt) .

For nouns of second declension the consonants preceding case ending is to be palatalised in singular genitive (only for nouns which ends with -is) and all plural word forms.

Consonant(s) before ending	Palatalised to
b	bj
c	č
d	ž
l	ļ
m	mj
n	ņ
p	pj
s	š
t	š
v	vj
z	ž
sn	šņ
zn	žņ
sl	šļ
zl	žļ
ln	ļņ
ll	ļļ

The consonant is not palatalised for

- proper names which ends with -ckis, -skis;

- proper noun with two syllables which ends with -tis, -dis;

- some special cases.

The case endings for second declension nouns are given in following table ( diminutives has no ending in singular vocative ):

	Nom.	Gen.	Dat.	Acc.	Loc.	Voc.
sing.	-is,	-a	-im	-i	-ī	-i
sing.	-s	-s	-im	-i	-ī	-s
plur.	-i	-u	-iem	-us	-os	-i

Examples

Nominative	lāc-is	lāč-i
Genitive	lāč-a	lāč-u
Dative	lāc-im	lāč-iem
Accusative	lāc-i	lāč-us
Locative	lāc-ī	lāč-os
Vocative	lāc-i	lāč-i

Nominative	akmen-s	akmeņ-i
Genitive	akmen-s	akmeņ-u
Dative	akmen-im	akmeņ-iem
Accusative	akmen-i	akmeņ-us
Locative	akmen-ī	akmeņ-os
Vocative	akmen-s	akmeņ-i

Third declension

To the third declension belongs masculine nouns which ends with -us in singular nominative and few old feminine nouns: dzirnus, pelus, ragus. The case endings for third declension nouns are given in following table:

	Nom.	Gen.	Dat.	Acc.	Loc.	Voc.
sing.	-us,	-us	-um	-u	-ū	-us
plur.	-i	-u	-iem	-us	-os	-i