Thread: The ultimate Russian noun-endings list

Then you've got singular neuter nouns ending in -мя, like время, "time." There's an argument for calling such nouns a separate declension -- but then again, there are only TEN such nouns in the entire modern language

At least, I've always heard that there are ten of them -- but I couldn't list all ten if you held a gun to my head! Let's see, there's the words for "time," "name," "tribe," "burden," "flame," "banner," erm... "udder"... "stirrup," um...

Can't remember what the other two are, but supposedly, there's ten.

Originally Posted by Throbert McGee

At least, I've always heard that there are ten of them -- but I couldn't list all ten if you held a gun to my head! Let's see, there's the words for "time," "name," "tribe," "burden," "flame," "banner," erm... "udder"... "stirrup," um...

Can't remember what the other two are, but supposedly, there's ten.

имя, время, племя, знамя, пламя, бремя, семя, стремя, темя, вымя

Update: http://bit.ly/1vbMUyY

*I fixed the accusative singular of the -iye ending. A member on another forum pointed out that the ending shouldn't be dropped in the accusative singular form, but rather remain the same as the nominative singular form. I checked this with a grammar book of mine and he was right. The grammar book mentioned to "do nothing" for the accusative singular, which I interpreted as "drop the ending", however it means "do nothing - compared to the nominative". Interpretations, interpretations! So it has been fixed accordingly.

If anyone sees any more errors, feel free to post them and I'll fix them if it's in accordance with multiple other sources, to make the table as reliable as possible.