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consonants.
This insertion never happens if those last two consonants are either st, št, šć, zd, žd
or žđ (so-called non-splittable sequences):
zvijezda star → zvijezda mjesto place → mjesta
Masculine nouns that get short plural endings, and end in a consonant, get the -a
always attached to their nominative form, even if they have a specific case-base:
kolač cake → kolača
magarac (magarc-) donkey → magaraca
pas (ps-) dog → pasa
vrabac (vrapc-) sparrow → vrabaca
This makes their G-pl form distinct from the singular genitive. For example:
Ana N se bojala pasa G . Ana was afraid of dogs.
Ana N se bojala psa G . Ana was afraid of the dog.
Few masculine nouns that end in two consonants which are not a non-splittable
sequence, get an additional a in the same way as feminine and neuter nouns:
bicikl bicycle → bicikala
koncert concert → koncerata
dokument document → dokumenata
However, masculine nouns that end in a vowel (in N) and get short plural endings,
only add an -a to their case-base, as in any other case (therefore, they have G =
G-pl):
anđeo (anđel-) m angel → anđela
auto (aut-) m car → auta
Some nouns on -a preceded by two or more consonants can have both -a in gen.
plural (with an additional a inserted) and -i. Both are used, but versions with -i
prevail in everyday speech, at least in larger cities in Croatia:
daska plank → dasaka / daski
karta card, map → karata / karti
olovka pen → olovaka / olovki
školjka shell → školjaka / školjki
voćka fruit tree → voćaka / voćki
These nouns can have both -a and -i but they never get an additional a inserted; they
mostly end in -nja; the ending -i is more common in spoken language:
nepravda injustice
pažnja care, attention
prijetnja threat
šetnja walk
The following often used nouns have just -i in G-pl: