Appendix:Slovak declension pattern dub

Slovak

Declension pattern dub

pattern dub m, noun

dub stem

Singular

• nom dub
• gen dub-a
• dat dub-u
• acc dub
• voc dub-e
• loc dub-ě
• ins dub-om

Plural

• nom dub-y
• gen dub-ov
• dat dub-om
• acc dub-y
• voc dub-y
• loc dub-och
• ins dub-mi

Inanimate masculine nouns declined by the pattern dub have the genitive singular of either -a or -u. There is no quick rule to tell which noun uses which ending.

Other masculine patterns

The other pattern for inanimate masculine nouns is stroj. The two patterns for animate masculine nouns are chlap and hrdina.