Thread: как пройти на улицу арбат? Is арбат like an adjective here?

It's explained here: 72 Apposition in the names of publications, towns etc. (page 97)

in this grammar book: http://www.ipages.am/files/companies...%20Grammar.pdf

That's a very useful download, thanks.

Although it doesn't specifically mention street names, from what I can gather both parts of this street name are nouns and should take the same case, so 'арбат' is simply in its accusative form here? I'm not sure now where I got the idea from that it might be an adjective.

Originally Posted by grafrich

That's a very useful download, thanks.

I second that! Excellent reference source, with clear English explanations and lots of Russian usage examples.

Thanks Robert.

So I was wrong about Arbat being in the accusative because of being in apposition to another noun... I only got it 'right' by chance as the declension is the same as the nominative!

And this is because of the exceptional case of 'street' being a generic noun, is that correct?

If it's not too much trouble, how will I know which street names decline like adjectives? Are they ones named for (after) other places and people?