Number of the Bulgarian nouns

In the Bulgarian language the nouns have singular and plural forms. 

1. Number of masculine nouns

The typical way to form the plural form of the masculine nouns is by adding - И in the ending of the word. If the masculine noun is ending on -Й, we just replace it with -И.

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Masculine nouns ending in -А/-Я

In this case we form the plural in the following way:

Masculine nouns ending in -ИН

In the plural form we drop the -Н

Masculine nouns with more than one syllable ending in -К, -Г, -Х in singular

Change the last letter to -Ц,-З and -С in plural.

Masculine nouns with more than one syllable ending in -Ец in singular

Drop the -E and add an -И at the end to form the plura form.

Masculine nouns with one syllable 

All of these nouns receive the ending -Ове

Exceptions

2. Number of feminine nouns

In the most cases to form the plural form of the feminine nouns we add -И in the ending of the noun. Or -И replaces the -А/-Я endings of the feminine nouns. 

3. Number of the neuter gender

The typical plural forms for the neuter gender are -А and -ТА, depending on the ending in the main form of the noun.

Exceptions:

4. Mixed group of males and females people

When we talk about a mixed group of people, we form the plural form using the masculine plural form. 

5. Nouns with only singular, plural and other exceptions

Words that have only singular form

Words with only plural form

The word "човек" has two irregular plural forms: