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Serbian Irregular Nouns
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There is a small class of irregular nouns that don’t have
predictable plural forms. In addition, some of these nouns
have a different gender in singular and plural! Here is a
partial list.
Table 1: Irregular nouns with different gender in
singular and plural
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Singular - gender of noun
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Plural – gender of noun |
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dete ‘child’ - neuter
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deca ‘children’ - feminine
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brat ‘brother’ – masculine
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braća ‘brothers’ - feminine
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oko ‘eye’ – neuter
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oči ‘eyes’ – feminine
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veče ‘evening’ – neuter
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večeri* ‘evenings’ - feminine
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unuče ‘grandchild’ - neuter
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unučad ‘grandchildren’ - neuter
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Notes:
- Amazing to think that the word meaning
brothers
is feminine. So you have to just learn it.
- *The noun veče ‘evening’
in plural has an extra ‘r’
večeri. In some dialects of Serbian (and also
Croatian), even the singular has an ‘r’: večer
‘evening’, in which case, it is a feminine noun
in both singular and plural. But this is aside note. So,
just memorize what is shown in Table 1.
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