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Zaliznyak's algorithm

Zaliznyak's notation

Gender and animacy

Zaliznyak	Our template	Description
м	m-in	masculine inanimate
мо	m-an	masculine animate
ж	f-in	feminine inanimate
жо	f-an	feminine animate
с	n-in	neuter inanimate
со	n-an	neuter animate

Standard endings

Hard stem type (#1) {2.1}

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative		∅	-о	-а	-ы	-а	-ы
genitive		-а		-ы	-ов	∅
dative		-у		-е	-ам
accusative	inanimate	= nominative	= nominative	-у	= nominative
	animate	= genitive			= genitive
instrumental		-ом		-ой,-ою	-ами
prepositional		-е			-ах

Soft stem type (#2) {2.2}

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative		-ь	-е (unstressed) -ё (stressed)	-я	-и	-я	-и
genitive		-я		-и	-ей	-ь (unstressed) -ей (stressed)
dative		-ю		-е	-ям
accusative	inanimate	= nominative	= nominative	-ю	= nominative
	animate	= genitive			= genitive
instrumental		-ем (unstressed) -ём (stressed)		-ей,-ею (unstressed)   -ёй,-ёю (stressed)	-ями
prepositional		-е			-ях

Other stem types (#3-#7) {2.3}

type	stem ends with	endings like	changes in endings	changes in genitive plural	other changes in endings
velar (#3)	к, г, х	hard (#1)	ы → и	—	—
sibilant (#4)	ш, ж, ч, щ		ы → и unstressed o → е	masculine: -ей  feminine and neuter:  ∅ (unstressed) -ей (stressed)	—
letter-ц (#5)	ц		unstressed o → е	—	—
vowel (#6)	vowels (except и) or й	soft (#2)	ь → й	masculine: -ев (unstressed) -ёв (stressed) feminine and neuter: -й	—
letter-и (#7)	и				feminine dative singular and prepositional (all genders): -и (unstressed) -е (stressed)

Reducables {3}

Case A

applies to:

• masculine (all types)
• feminine (type #8 only)

description:

• reducable is in nominative singular

reducable	the rule	when applies	examples
о	о → ∅	always	любовь → любви сон → сна	{3.A.1}
е/ё	е/ё → й	if letter before e/ё is vowel	боец → бойца паёк → пайка	{3.A.2}
	е/ё → ь	if stem type is vowel (#6)	улей → улья	{3.A.3.1}
		if stem type is velar (#3)  and letter before е/ё is consonant  (except ш, ж, ч, щ, ц)	зверёк → зверька	{3.A.3.2}
		if letter before e/ё is л	лёд → льда палец → пальца	{3.A.3.3}
	е/ё → ∅	in all other cases	орёл → орла кашель → кашля	{3.A.4}

Case B

applies to:

• feminine (except type #8)
• neuter (all types)

description:

• reducable is not in nominative singular

reducable	the rule	when applies	examples
TODO description

Stress types {4}

Form		Stress type
		a	b	b'	c	d	d'	e	f	f'	f''
singular	nominative	stém-ending	stem-énding	← like b	stém-ending	stem-énding	← like d	stém-ending	stem-énding	← like f	← like f
	genitive	stém-ending	stem-énding		stém-ending	stem-énding		stém-ending	stem-énding
	dative	stém-ending	stem-énding		stém-ending	stem-énding		stém-ending	stem-énding
	accusative	stém-ending	stem-énding		stém-ending	stem-énding	stém-ending	stém-ending	stem-énding	stém-ending
	instrumental	stém-ending	stem-énding	stém-ending	stém-ending	stem-énding	← like d	stém-ending	stem-énding	← like f	stém-ending
	prepositional	stém-ending	stem-énding	← like b	stém-ending	stem-énding		stém-ending	stem-énding		← like f
plural	nominative	stém-ending	stem-énding	← like b	stem-énding	stém-ending	← like d	stém-ending	stém-ending	← like f	← like f
	genitive	stém-ending	stem-énding		stem-énding	stém-ending		stem-énding	stem-énding
	dative	stém-ending	stem-énding		stem-énding	stém-ending		stem-énding	stem-énding
	instrumental	stém-ending	stem-énding		stem-énding	stém-ending		stem-énding	stem-énding
	prepositional	stém-ending	stem-énding		stem-énding	stém-ending		stem-énding	stem-énding