| Nom sg | Gen pl | ||
| 1st declension | Masc | (most consonants) | +ов |
| (consonants ж, ч, ш, щ) | +ей | ||
| -ь | +ей | ||
| -й | +ев | ||
| -ий | +иев | ||
| Neut | -о | ||
| -е | +ей ¹ | ||
| -ие | +ий | ||
| 2nd decl | Fem Masc |
-а | |
| -я | +ь | ||
| -ия | +ий | ||
| 3rd decl | Fem | -ь | +ей |
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¹ Really only море ‘sea’ and поле ‘field take’ -ей in gen. pl. Other nouns like жили́ще that at first glance seem to belong to this class actually belong to the -о class of neuter nouns, but the -о becomes -е due to the 5-letter spelling rule; for such nouns the gen. pl. takes a zero-ending, e.g. жили́щ. | |||
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