Appendix:Slovene nouns/first feminine declension

The first feminine declension follow all feminine nouns that have ending -e in genitive singular and don't have ending -ih in genitive dual/plural. Nouns can follow all four accentual patterns, although the mobile accent is very rare and mobile accent is archaic or literary.

Basic sample

There are two different subpatterns; the first one is from Proto-Slavic a-stem declension and the second is from Proto-Slavic v-stem declension. Both declensions have merged in most forms, but some are still distinct, most notably nominative singular.

First feminine declension (a-stem) , fixed accent
nom. sing.	slȗžba
gen. sing.	slȗžbe
	singular	dual	plural
nominative imenovȃlnik	slȗžba	slȗžbi	slȗžbe
genitive rodȋlnik	slȗžbe	slȗžb	slȗžb
dative dajȃlnik	slȗžbi	slȗžbama	slȗžbam
accusative tožȋlnik	slȗžbo	slȗžbi	slȗžbe
locative mẹ̑stnik	slȗžbi	slȗžbah	slȗžbah
instrumental orọ̑dnik	slȗžbo	slȗžbama	slȗžbami
(vocative) (ogȏvorni imenovȃlnik)	slȗžba	slȗžbi	slȗžbe

First feminine declension (v-stem) , fixed accent
nom. sing.	podražȋtəv
gen. sing.	podražȋtve
	singular	dual	plural
nominative imenovȃlnik	podražȋtəv	podražȋtvi	podražȋtve
genitive rodȋlnik	podražȋtve	podražȋtəv	podražȋtəv
dative dajȃlnik	podražȋtvi	podražȋtvama	podražȋtvam
accusative tožȋlnik	podražȋtəv	podražȋtvi	podražȋtve
locative mẹ̑stnik	podražȋtvi	podražȋtvah	podražȋtvah
instrumental orọ̑dnik	podražȋtvijo	podražȋtvama	podražȋtvam
(vocative) (ogȏvorni imenovȃlnik)	podražȋtəv	podražȋtvi	podražȋtve

Alterations

Note: the second form is, if not otherwise denoted, in genitive singular

• Some rare nouns get infix -n-

First feminine declension (a-stem) , fixed accent, -n- infix
nom. sing.	Jȗno
gen. sing.	Junọ̑ne
	singular	dual	plural
nominative imenovȃlnik	Jȗno	Junọ̑ni	Junọ̑ne
genitive rodȋlnik	Junọ̑ne	Junọ̑n	Junọ̑n
dative dajȃlnik	Junọ̑ni	Junọ̑nama	Junọ̑nam
accusative tožȋlnik	Junọ̑no	Junọ̑ni	Junọ̑ne
locative mẹ̑stnik	Junọ̑ni	Junọ̑nah	Junọ̑nah
instrumental orọ̑dnik	Junọ̑no	Junọ̑nama	Junọ̑nami
(vocative) (ogȏvorni imenovȃlnik)	Junọ̑na	Junọ̑ni	Junọ̑ne

• Some nouns have in nominative singular ending -e (Melpomene Melpomene), silent -e (Marguerite /maɾɡaˈɾîːt/ Marguerite /maɾɡaˈɾíːtè/), -o (Klȋo Klȋe), or a null ending (Artẹ̑mis Artẹ̑mide), but most of them also have regular vernacular versions (Melpomena, Margerita, Artemida). The non-vernacular versions can also be declined following the third feminine declension.

First feminine declension (a-stem) , fixed accent, ending silent -e in nominative singular
nom. sing.	Marguerite
gen. sing.	Marguerite
	singular	dual	plural
nominative imenovȃlnik	Marguerite	Margueriti	Marguerite
genitive rodȋlnik	Marguerite	Marguerit	Marguerit
dative dajȃlnik	Margueriti	Margueritama	Margueritam
accusative tožȋlnik	Marguerito	Margueriti	Marguerite
locative mẹ̑stnik	Margueriti	Margueritah	Margueritah
instrumental orọ̑dnik	Marguerito	Margueritama	Margueritami
(vocative) (ogȏvorni imenovȃlnik)	Marguerite	Margueriti	Marguerite

• Latin and Greek names can change the stem from -s to -d (Artẹ̑mis Artẹ̑mide), -n (Salamȋs Salamȋne), or -r (Cȇres Cȇrere). These also have vernacular versions for nominative singular (Artẹ̑mida, Salamȋna, Cȇrera).

First feminine declension (a-stem) , fixed accent, stem change from -s to -r (singularia tantum)
nom. sing.	Cȇres
gen. sing.	Cȇrere
	singular
nominative imenovȃlnik	Cȇres
genitive rodȋlnik	Cȇrere
dative dajȃlnik	Cȇreri
accusative tožȋlnik	Cȇrero
locative mẹ̑stnik	Cȇreri
instrumental orọ̑dnik	Cȇrero
(vocative) (ogȏvorni imenovȃlnik)	Cȇres

• Some mixed accent nouns can in gentitive dual/plural also have ending -a (vóda genitive dual/plural vód/vodā, cẹ́rkəv genitive dual/plural cẹ̑rkəv/cerkvā) or -i (besẹ̑da genitive dual/plural besedī)

First feminine declension (a-stem) , long mixed accent, ending -a in genitive dual/plural
nom. sing.	vóda
gen. sing.	vodẹ̄
	singular	dual	plural
nominative imenovȃlnik	vóda	vódi, vodẹ̑	vodẹ̑
genitive rodȋlnik	vodẹ̄	vodā	vodā
dative dajȃlnik	vódi	vodȃma	vodȁm
accusative tožȋlnik	vodọ̑	vódi, vodẹ̑	vodẹ̑
locative mẹ̑stnik	vódi	vodȁh	vodȁh
instrumental orọ̑dnik	vodọ́	vodȃma	vodȃmi
(vocative) (ogȏvorni imenovȃlnik)	vȏda	vȏdi, vodẹ̑	vodẹ̑

• Nouns ending in a sonorant have an added fill vowel in genitive dual/plural. The fill vowel is usually /ə/, except before -j-, where the fill vowel is /i/. In some words, the fill vowel is not written, only pronounced (note that lj and nj represent only one sound when not followed by a vowel): dẹ́kla genitive dual/plural dẹ̑kəl 'maidservant', lādja genitive dual/plural lȃdij 'ship', zémlja genitive dual/plural zēməlj 'soil'.

First feminine declension (a-stem) , fixed accent, fill vowel -i- in genitive dual/plural
nom. sing.	lādja
gen. sing.	lādje
	singular	dual	plural
nominative imenovȃlnik	lādja	lādji	lādje
genitive rodȋlnik	lādje	lȃdij	lȃdij
dative dajȃlnik	lādji	lādjama	lādjam
accusative tožȋlnik	lādjo	lādji	lādje
locative mẹ̑stnik	lādji	lādjah	lādjah
instrumental orọ̑dnik	lȃdjo	lādjama	lādjami
(vocative) (ogȏvorni imenovȃlnik)	lȃdja	lȃdji	lȃdje

• Nouns of which the stem ends in a vowel also have an added -j in genitive dual/plural if without an ending: ọ̑boa genitive dual/plural ọ̑boj etc.

First feminine declension (a-stem) , fixed accent, added -j in genitive dual/plural
nom. sing.	ọ̑boa
gen. sing.	ọ̑boe
	singular	dual	plural
nominative imenovȃlnik	ọ̑boa	ọ̑boi	ọ̑boe
genitive rodȋlnik	ọ̑boe	ọ̑boj	ọ̑boj
dative dajȃlnik	ọ̑boi	ọ̑boama	ọ̑boam
accusative tožȋlnik	ọ̑boo	ọ̑boi	ọ̑boe
locative mẹ̑stnik	ọ̑boi	ọ̑boah	ọ̑boah
instrumental orọ̑dnik	ọ̑boo	ọ̑boama	ọ̑boami
(vocative) (ogȏvorni imenovȃlnik)	ọ̑boa	ọ̑boi	ọ̑boe

• The noun gospá is irregular and has acute accent on all the endings except in vocative.

First feminine declension (a-stem) , short ending accent, irregular endings and accents
nom. sing.	gospá
gen. sing.	gospẹ́
	singular	dual	plural
nominative imenovȃlnik	gospá	gospẹ́	gospẹ́
genitive rodȋlnik	gospẹ́	gospá	gospá
dative dajȃlnik	gospẹ́, gospẹ́j	gospẹ́ma	gospẹ́m
accusative tožȋlnik	gospọ́	gospẹ́	gospẹ́
locative mẹ̑stnik	gospẹ́, gospẹ́j	gospẹ́h	gospẹ́h
instrumental orọ̑dnik	gospọ́	gospẹ́ma	gospẹ́mi
(vocative) (ogȏvorni imenovȃlnik)	gospȃ	gospẹ̑	gospẹ̑

• Nouns hčȋ and máti have different endings due to the former r-stem declension.

First feminine declension (a-stem) , fixed accent, showing signs of former r-stem declension
nom. sing.	máti
gen. sing.	mátere
	singular	dual	plural
nominative imenovȃlnik	máti	máteri	mátere
genitive rodȋlnik	mátere	mȃter	mȃter
dative dajȃlnik	máteri	máterama	máteram
accusative tožȋlnik	máter	máteri	mátere
locative mẹ̑stnik	máteri	máterah	máterah
instrumental orọ̑dnik	mȃterjo	máterama	máteram
(vocative) (ogȏvorni imenovȃlnik)	mȃti	mȃteri	mȃtere

Common colloquial or archaic additional forms

• Vernacular disyllabic nouns that have stress on open-mid first syllable have obsolete forms with short accent on the last syllable, which is still present in some dialects.

First feminine declension (a-stem) , short ending accent
nom. sing.	ženȁ
gen. sing.	ženȅ
	singular	dual	plural
nominative imenovȃlnik	ženȁ	ženȉ	ženȅ
genitive rodȋlnik	ženȅ	žén	žén
dative dajȃlnik	ženȉ	ženȃma	ženȁm
accusative tožȋlnik	ženȍ	ženȉ	ženȅ
locative mẹ̑stnik	ženȉ	ženȁh	ženȁh
instrumental orọ̑dnik	ženȍ	ženȃma	ženȃmi
(vocative) (ogȏvorni imenovȃlnik)	ženȁ	ženȉ	ženȅ

• All v-stem nouns, as well as hčȋ have fully assimilated with a-stem nouns in many dialects.

First feminine declension (a-stem) , fixed accent
nom. sing.	podražȋtva
gen. sing.	podražȋtve
	singular	dual	plural
nominative imenovȃlnik	podražȋtva	podražȋtvi	podražȋtve
genitive rodȋlnik	podražȋtve	podražȋtəv	podražȋtəv
dative dajȃlnik	podražȋtvi	podražȋtvama	podražȋtvam
accusative tožȋlnik	podražȋtvo	podražȋtvi	podražȋtve
locative mẹ̑stnik	podražȋtvi	podražȋtvah	podražȋtvah
instrumental orọ̑dnik	podražȋtvo	podražȋtvama	podražȋtvam
(vocative) (ogȏvorni imenovȃlnik)	podražȋtəv	podražȋtvi	podražȋtve