Declension of holub, tabulated.
Singular.
Plural.
| nominative | holubi, the pigeons, |
| objective | holuby, |
| dative | holubů, holubův, |
| possessive | holubům, |
| locative | holubech, holubích, |
| instrumental | holuby, |
| vocative | holubi! |
Holub is the stem—kmen.—The various cases are formed by adding to the stem the inflectional endings.
Holub is the type—vzor—of the declension of the masculine nouns animate, ending in hard consonant. (The neutral consonant is considered here hard). If we replace the stem by a line, the case endings will be more evident.
| Nom. | —, | —i, |
| Obj. | —a, | —y, |
| Poss. | —a, | —ů, —ův, |
| Dat. | —u, —ovi, | —ům, |
| Loc. | —u, —ovi, | —ech, —ích, |
| Inst. | —em, | —y, |
| Voc. | —e, | —i! |
Remarks on this declension. A.) In the singular, the objective and possessive cases end in —a, the dative and locative end in —u, or —ovi.
B.) In the plural the Nominative and Vocative cases end —i; Objective and instrumental end in —y. Exception nom. plur. učitelé, teachers, andělé, angels.