Thread: The ultimate Russian noun-endings list

Originally Posted by Heart Of A Lion

As you can see, all the endings for "-yo" are missing and marked by a question mark.

s: ружьё - ружья - ружью - ружьё - ружьём - ружье
p: ружья - ружьев - ружьям - ружья - ружьями - ружьях
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Originally Posted by RedFox

s: ружьё - ружья - ружью - ружьё - ружьём - ружье
p: ружья - ружьев - ружьям - ружья - ружьями - ружьях
(подчёркнуто ударение)

I've added the endings to my table.

I do have some questions about that though.

1. To which gender does that row belong?

2. To which declension type does that row belong?

3. Can the accusative plural be nominative or genitive? (N or G, in my table)

I'm guessing from the way -yo is declined, that it is of neuter gender and falls within the second declension type, with accusative plural being N or G. However I prefer to get that confirmed by people who know more about this than I do.

Originally Posted by Heart Of A Lion

I've added the endings to my table.

I do have some questions about that though.

1. To which gender does that row belong?

2. To which declension type does that row belong?

3. Can the accusative plural be nominative or genitive? (N or G, in my table)

I'm guessing from the way -yo is declined, that it is of neuter gender and falls within the second declension type, with accusative plural being N or G. However I prefer to get that confirmed by people who know more about this than I do.

Neuter gender.
Well... I don't remember formal grammar rules, so have no idea what declension type it is.

I guess, animate nouns should, as usual, use genitive as accusative plural, but I can't recall any animate -ё noun to prove that. Maybe, there is no one such noun.
The fact that most of the -ё nouns just has no plural forms:

Usual nouns; plural forms exist: остриё - острия, ружьё - ружья, цевьё - цевья, копьё - копья...
Collective nouns, no plural: бабьё, дубьё, зверьё, мужичьё, дурачьё, вороньё, комарьё, бельё, жильё, старьё, сырьё...
Verbal nouns, no plural: мытьё, нытьё, житьё, питьё, шитьё, быльё...

Originally Posted by RedFox

Neuter gender.
Well... I don't remember formal grammar rules, so have no idea what declension type it is.

I guess, animate nouns should, as usual, use genitive as accusative plural, but I can't recall any animate -ё noun to prove that. Maybe, there is no one such noun.
The fact that most of the -ё nouns just has no plural forms:

Usual nouns; plural forms exist: остриё - острия, ружьё - ружья, цевьё - цевья, копьё - копья...
Collective nouns, no plural: бабьё, дубьё, зверьё, мужичьё, дурачьё, вороньё, комарьё, бельё, жильё, старьё, сырьё...
Verbal nouns, no plural: мытьё, нытьё, житьё, питьё, шитьё, быльё...

I think I've figured out the declension type using Wikipedia. In this link and section, it mentions -yo as an exception in the nominative form, under exception rule number 2: Russian grammar - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

So I think -yo is of the second declension type in neuter gender. I also think that due to this, for -yo, that N or G also applies for it in the accusative plural form.

I will edit my table accordingly and if anyone can confirm this, then that would be great.

I updated the table, using the information that people in this thread provided: http://bit.ly/1uRrQiD

I will keep updating the table until it's as complete as possible, including exceptions which will be added later. I will post future updates of it in this thread as well - for people who are learning Russian or want to use it as a reference.