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The accending (acute) accent is marked differently from the descending (grave) one, like in ''beréza'' ("birch", acute accent) and ''kìt'' ("cat", grave accent); long vowels are marked with a macron, as in ''žytiḗ'' ("life"). They are not usually found in texts, except dictionaries and grammar workbooks and also sometimes to avoid confusion between word forms that would be written alike: ''mòje žytiḗ'' ("my life"), ''mojèho žỳtiē'' ("of my life"). | The accending (acute) accent is marked differently from the descending (grave) one, like in ''beréza'' ("birch", acute accent) and ''kìt'' ("cat", grave accent); long vowels are marked with a macron, as in ''žytiḗ'' ("life"). They are not usually found in texts, except dictionaries and grammar workbooks and also sometimes to avoid confusion between word forms that would be written alike: ''mòje žytiḗ'' ("my life"), ''mojèho žỳtiē'' ("of my life"). | ||
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This declension consists of nouns that end in "-a", "-ia" or "-ī". It consists primarily of '''feminine''' nouns, but a few nouns with these ending referring to professions can be either '''masculine''' or '''feminine'''. In these cases, the genitive plural is often formed by adding "-iw", such as ''teslia'' - ''tesliw'' Nouns referring to people can also take this ending. Feminine nouns in "-ī" (like ''gazdýńī'' "housewife") have this ending only in the nominative and vocative singular. In all other cases they decline like soft a-stem nouns. | This declension consists of nouns that end in "-a", "-ia" or "-ī". It consists primarily of '''feminine''' nouns, but a few nouns with these ending referring to professions can be either '''masculine''' or '''feminine'''. In these cases, the genitive plural is often formed by adding "-iw", such as ''teslia'' - ''tesliw'' Nouns referring to people can also take this ending. Feminine nouns in "-ī" (like ''gazdýńī'' "housewife") have this ending only in the nominative and vocative singular and dual. In all other cases they decline like soft a-stem nouns. | ||
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