Appendix:Slovene nouns/second feminine declension

The second feminine declension follow all feminine nouns which have genitive singular ending -i. Nouns can have all four accentual types.

Basic sample

The second feminine declension has three different sets of endings, one for fixed and mobile accents, one for ending and mixed accent, and one for words with fill vowel (see alterations).

Second feminine declension (i-stem) , fixed accent
nom. sing.	pošȃst
gen. sing.	pošȃsti
	singular	dual	plural
nominative imenovȃlnik	pošȃst	pošȃsti	pošȃsti
genitive rodȋlnik	pošȃsti	pošȃsti	pošȃsti
dative dajȃlnik	pošȃsti	pošȃstma, pošȃstima	pošȃstim
accusative tožȋlnik	pošȃst	pošȃsti	pošȃsti
locative mẹ̑stnik	pošȃsti	pošȃstih	pošȃstih
instrumental orọ̑dnik	pošȃstjo	pošȃstma, pošȃstima	pošȃstmi
(vocative) (ogȏvorni imenovȃlnik)	pošȃst	pošȃsti	pošȃsti

Second feminine declension (i-stem) , long mixed accent
nom. sing.	stvȃr
gen. sing.	stvarȋ
	singular	dual	plural
nominative imenovȃlnik	stvȃr	stvarȋ	stvarȋ
genitive rodȋlnik	stvarȋ	stvarȋ	stvarȋ
dative dajȃlnik	stvári	stvarẹ̄ma	stvarẹ̄m
accusative tožȋlnik	stvȃr	stvarȋ	stvarȋ
locative mẹ̑stnik	stvári	stvarẹ́h	stvarẹ́h
instrumental orọ̑dnik	stvarjọ́	stvarẹ̄ma	stvarmí
(vocative) (ogȏvorni imenovȃlnik)	stvȃr	stvarȋ	stvarȋ

Alterations

• Nouns with stems that end in a non-sonorant consonant and a sonorant have a fill vowel inserted between them in nominative and accusative singular and add -i- at the end of their stem in cases when the ending does not begin with a vowel (instrumental in all numbers and dative dual), such as mȋsəł mȋsli, instrumental singular mȋslijo, dative/instrumental dual mȋslima, instrumental plural mȋslimi and svȋsli dative plural svȋslima.

Second feminine declension (i-stem) , fixed accent, fill vowel
nom. sing.	mȋsəł
gen. sing.	mȋsli
	singular	dual	plural
nominative imenovȃlnik	mȋsəł	mȋsli	mȋsli
genitive rodȋlnik	mȋsli	mȋsli	mȋsli
dative dajȃlnik	mȋsli	mȋslima	mȋslim
accusative tožȋlnik	mȋsəł	mȋsli	mȋsli
locative mẹ̑stnik	mȋsli	mȋslih	mȋslih
instrumental orọ̑dnik	mȋslijo	mȋslima	mȋslimi
(vocative) (ogȏvorni imenovȃlnik)	mȋsəł	mȋsli	mȋsli

• Nouns with stems ending in -j have an ending -o in instrumental singular (pọ́stelj instrumental singular pọ̄steljo).

Second feminine declension (i-stem) , fixed accent, ending -o in instrumental singular
nom. sing.	pọ́stelj
gen. sing.	pọ́stelji
	singular	dual	plural
nominative imenovȃlnik	pọ́stelj	pọ́stelji	pọ́stelji
genitive rodȋlnik	pọ́stelji	pọ́stelji	pọ́stelji
dative dajȃlnik	pọ́stelji	pọ́steljma, pọ́steljima	pọ́steljim
accusative tožȋlnik	pọ́stelj	pọ́stelji	pọ́stelji
locative mẹ̑stnik	pọ́stelji	pọ́steljih	pọ́steljih
instrumental orọ̑dnik	pọ̄steljo	pọ́steljma, pọ́steljima	pọ́steljmi
(vocative) (ogȏvorni imenovȃlnik)	pọ̑stelj	pọ̑stelji	pọ̑stelji

• The feminine noun krȋ follows the mixed accent type, but replaces the final -v with -i in the nominative and accusative singular.

Second feminine declension (i-stem) , fixed accent, showing sings of former v-stem declension (singularia tantum)
nom. sing.	krȋ
gen. sing.	krvȋ
	singular
nominative imenovȃlnik	krȋ
genitive rodȋlnik	krvȋ
dative dajȃlnik	kŕvi
accusative tožȋlnik	krȋ
locative mẹ̑stnik	kŕvi
instrumental orọ̑dnik	krvjọ́
(vocative) (ogȏvorni imenovȃlnik)	krȋ