Masculine Nouns

The masculine gender has five model nouns.
They are divided into animate (people, animals in singular form) and inanimate (non-living nouns and animals in plural form), nouns of foreign origin.

animate nouns ending in a consonant or -o
model noun: CHLAP

singular
1. nominative: chlap
2. genitive: chlap-a
3. dative: chlap-ovi
4. accusative: chlap-a
6. locative: chlap-ovi
7. instrumental: chlap-om

plural
1. nominative: chlap-i
2. genitive: chlap-ov
3. dative: chlap-om
4. accusative: chlap-ov
6. locative: chlap-och
7. instrumental: chlap-mi

animate nouns ending in -a
model noun: HRDINA

singular
1. nominative: hrdina
2. genitive: hrdin-u
3. dative: hrdin-ovi
4. accusative: hrdin-u
6. locative: hrdin-ovi
7. instrumental: hrdin-om

plural
1. nominative: hrdin-ovia
2. genitive: hrdin-ov
3. dative: hrdin-om
4. accusative: hrdin-ov
6. locative: hrdin-och
7. instrumental: hrdin-ami

Words in 1st case, plural form can also end with -ovia and -ia:
syn-synovia (son-sons), otec-otcovia (father-fathers)
brat-bratia (brother-brothers)

inanimate nouns ending in a hard or bilabial consonant:
model noun: DUB
NOTE!
animals (words ending in a hard or bilabial consonant) are inflected according to model DUB - only in plural form.

singular
1. nominative: dub
2. genitive: dub-a
3. dative: dub-u
4. accusative: dub
6. locative: dub-e
7. instrumental: dub-om

plural
1. nominative: dub-y
2. genitive: dub-ov
3. dative: dub-om
4. accusative: dub-y
6. locative: dub-och
7. instrumental: dub-mi

Exeptions: words vlk (wolf), pes (dog), vták (bird) can be inflected in plural as animate or inanamite, both forms are correct.
pes – ps*y or psi*

inanimate nouns ending in a soft consonant:
model noun: STROJ
NOTE!
animals (words ending in soft consonant) are inflected according to model STROJ - only in plural form.

singular
1. nominative: stroj
2. genitive: stroj-a
3. dative: stroj-u
4. accusative: stroj
6. locative: stroj-i
7. instrumental: stroj-om

plural
1. nominative: stroj-e
2. genitive: stroj-ov
3. dative: stroj-om
4. accusative: stroj -e
6. locative: stroj-och
7. instrumental: stroj-mi

Words of foreign loanwords (names, surnames, anding with -i,-y,-í, -e, -é, -ö, -ő, -ű, -ä)
model noun: KULI

singular
1. nominative: kuli
2. genitive: kuli-ho
3. dative: kuli-mu
4. accusative: kuli-ho
6. locative: kuli-m
7. instrumental: kuli-m

plural
1. nominative: kuli-ovia
2. genitive: kuli-ov
3. dative: kuli-om
4. accusative: kuli-ov
6. locative: kuli-och
7. instrumental: kuli-ami