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BOHEMIAN GRAMMAR

(c) Many in e, as růže, the rose.

(d) Many in c, č, ď, , ť, and ž, as řeč, the speech; jabloň, the apple-tree.

(e) A few in i, as lodí, the ship.

3. Neuter:—

(a) Substantives ending in o, as mléko, milk.

(b) Many in e or ě, as tele, the calf.

(c) Most of those in í, as zdraví, health.

The Noun has two numbers, singular and plural[1]. There are seven cases—the nominative, genitive, dative, accusative, vocative, instrumental, and locative. The last case is sometimes called prepositional, because it is only used with certain prepositions. The genitive and accusative singular are the same in the case of animate things of the masculine gender in the first declension.

First Declension, for Animate Things.

a-stems (masculine).

holub, a pigeon.

Singular.

Plural.

N. holub holubi (-ové)
G. holub-a holub-ů (-ův)
D. holub-u (-ovi) holub-ům
A. holub-a holuby
V. holub-e holub-i (-ové)
I. holub-em holub-y
L. v holub-u (-ovi) v holub-ech (-ích)

corresponding to the Russian form in -ъ, as рабъ, a slave. In the D. and L. sing, and N., G., V., and L. plur. two forms are in use.

  1. The Old Slavonic had a dual, and of this traces may be seen in Bohemian, as N. ruce, hands; G. and L. rukou; D. rukám; I. rukama; N. nohy, feet; G. and L. nohou; D. nohám; L. nohama; k obraně prav své narodnosti, kteron Maďaři šlapali nohama, to the protection of the rights of their nationality, which the Magyars trod under foot.