Appendix:Slovak declension pattern hrdina

Declension pattern hrdina

 * pattern hrdina m, noun
 * hrdin stem

Singular

 * nom hrdin-a
 * gen hrdin-u
 * dat hrdin-ovi
 * acc hrdin-u
 * loc hrdin-ovi
 * ins hrdin-om

Plural

 * nom hrdin-ovia
 * gen hrdin-ov
 * dat hrdin-om
 * acc hrdin-ov
 * loc hrdin-och
 * ins hrdin-ami

Usage
This pattern is typically used by masculine animate nouns that end with -a or -o, that is those that describe a person.

Words ending with -o usually have the genitive and accusative ending -a, e.g. dedo&mdash; deda. Only Slovak family names keep the genitive and accusative -u, e.g., Vančo&mdash;Vanču, although some Slovak family names can take either genitive and accusative endings, e.g., Krasko can become either Krasku or Kraska. Foreign family names use the genitive and accusative -a, e.g., Ševčenko&mdash;Ševčenka (a Ukrainian family name), or Picasso&mdash;Picassa.

Other masculine patterns

 * chlap
 * dub
 * stroj