Adjectives in Cases

An adjective always takes the same case, gender and number as its noun, so its ending changes with the case. The singular endings are:

• locative and dative: masculine/neuter -ом (also -оме, in the dative also -ому), feminine -ој: у великом граду, малој сестри
• accusative: feminine -у (лепу девојку); masculine people and animals take the genitive ending -ог (младог лекара)
• instrumental: masculine/neuter -им (са топлим млеком), feminine -ом (плавом оловком)
• genitive: masculine/neuter -ог or -ога (доброг пријатеља), feminine -е (чаша хладне воде)

Adjectives ending in -ао/-ео get their л back: топао → топлим, бео → белог. Masculine nouns ending in -а still take masculine adjectives: старог комшију.