Nouns
There are 14 paradigms of noun declension. The paradigm of nominal declension depends on the gender and the ending in the nominative of the noun.
For nouns in which the stem ends with a consonant group, floating e is usually inserted between last two consonants in cases with no ending. Examples:
- zámek (N sg, A sg), zámku (G sg, D sg, V sg, L sg), zámkem (I sg), etc. (chateau; lock) - paradigm hrad
- karta (N sg), ..., karet (G pl) (card) - paradigm žena
Consonant alternations at the end of the word-stem are also obvious in some cases, e.g. zámek (N sg) -> zámcích (L pl), Věra (N sg) -> Věře (D sg), kniha (N sg) -> knize (D sg), moucha (N sg) -> mouše (D sg), hoch (N sg) -> hoši (N pl), kluk (N sg) -> kluci (N pl), bůh (N sg) -> bozích (L pl), kolega (N sg) -> kolezích (L pl), moucha (N sg) -> much (G pl), smlouva (N sg) -> smluv (G pl), díra (N sg) -> děr (G pl), víra (N sg) -> věr (G pl), kráva (N sg) -> krav (G pl), dvůr (N sg) -> dvora (G sg), hnůj (N sg) -> hnoje (G sg), sůl (N sg) -> soli (G sg), lest (N sg) -> lsti (G sg), čest (N sg) -> cti (G sg), křest (N sg) -> křtu (G sg), mistr (N sg) -> mistře (V sg), švec (N sg) -> ševce (G sg). See Czech phonology for more details.
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