Masculine - Words ending in a consonant (including й) (e.g. мъж) Feminine - Words ending in -а or -я (e.g. жена) Neutral - Words ending in -о or -е (e.g. куче)

Words ending in -и, -у, -ю are generally loan words (often coming from English) and are usually neutral

  • меню
  • такси

Plurals⌗

GenderEndingPlural
Masculine‑consonant+и or +ове
Feminine‑а or ‑я‑и
Neutral‑о or ‑е‑a or +та

Masculine Words⌗

  • и is added to words that have one syllable
  • ове is added to words with more than one syllable Examples:
  • Приятел - Приятели
  • Град - Градове
  • Мъж - Мъже (an exception)

Feminine Words⌗

The final -а or -я is replaced with и

  • Жена - Жени
  • Стая - Стаи

Neutral Words⌗

  • The final о is replaced by а
  • The final e and for loan words, an extra та is added to the end:
  • Село - Села
  • Кафе - Кафета
  • Такси - Таксита

References⌗