Editing Slovak declension (section)

=== The Feminine Gender ===
{| class="wikitable"
! rowspan="2" | &nbsp;
! colspan="2" | Ends in hard/neutral consonant + a
! colspan="2" | Ends in -soft consonant + a 
(or in -ia / -ya)
! colspan="2" | Ends in a consonant 
(other than those in the next column).
! colspan="2" | Ends in -c / s / p / v / sť
|-
! singular
! plural
! singular
! plural
! singular
! plural
! singular
! plural
|- 
! Nominative
| žena
| rowspan="2" | ženy
| ulica
| rowspan="2" | ulice
| rowspan="2" | dlaň
| rowspan="2" | dlane
| rowspan="2" | kosť
| rowspan="2" | kosti
|- 
! Accusative
| ženu
| ulicu
|- 
! Genitive
| ženy
| žien
| ulice
| ulíc
| dlane
| dlaní
| rowspan="3" | kosti
| kostí
|- 
! Dative
| rowspan="2" | žene
| ženám
| rowspan="2" | ulici
| uliciam
| rowspan="2" | dlani
| dlaniam
| kostiam
|- 
! Locative
| ženách
| uliciach
| dlaniach
| kostiach
|- 
! Instrumental
| ženou
| ženami
| ulicou
| ulicami
| dlaňou
| dlaňami
| kosťou
| kosťami
|}

There is also a 5th paradigm for feminine nouns ending in -ná or -ovná (for example '''princezná'''), where the singular and N pl and A pl are like pekná (see under adjectives) and the remaining plural is like žena. In the G pl, there are changes in the stem: if the noun ends in -vowel + ná, then this vowel receives an acute (for example švagriná ''–'' švagrín), but otherwise -{{not a typo|ie}}- is inserted (for example princezná ''–'' princezien).

There is also a 6th paradigm for the feminine nouns ending in -ea ('''idea''', Kórea), which goes like žena, except that D sg and Lsg are idei, and G pl is ideí without change in the stem.

'''Notes on žena:'''
* The following nouns are declined like ulica instead of žena: večera, rozopra, konopa, Hybe and (the plurale tantum) dvere;
* In the G pl of some nouns, an i.e. / e / o / á / ô is inserted in the last syllable of the stem (for example hra – hier, čipka – čipiek/čipôk, karta – kariet/karát, kvapka – kvapiek/kvapák/kvapôk, vojna – vojen, látka – látok);
* In the  G pl of some nouns, in the last syllable of the stem the a / i / y / u / ä / e / o / syllabic r / syllabic l (without an acute or a preceding i) is changed into á (or ia) / í / ý / ú / ia / {{not a typo|ie}} / ô / ŕ / ĺ respectively (sila - síl, skala - skál, chyba – chýb, ruka – rúk, fakulta – fakúlt, päta – piat, slza – sĺz, črta – čŕt, brzda – bŕzd, slza – sĺz).

''' Notes on ulica:'''
* In the G pl of some nouns {{not a typo|ie}} is inserted (for example jedľa – jedieľ, sukňa – sukieň);
* In the G pl of some nouns, in the last syllable of the stem the a / i / y / u / e / o / syllabic r (without an acute or a preceding i) is changed into á (or ia) / í / ý / ú / {{not a typo|ie}} / ô / ŕ respectively (for example ulica – ulíc, sudkyňa – sudkýň, Krkonoše – Krkonôš, košeľa – košieľ, guľa – gúľ, hoľa – hôľ, fľaša – fliaš).

'''Notes on dlaň''':
* The following nouns are declined like dlaň, not like kosť: obec, päsť, čeľusť;
* The following feminine nouns are not declined like dlaň, but like kosť: jar, zver, chuť, ortuť, pamäť, smrť, pleť, sneť, rukoväť, smeť, púť, spleť, svojeť, reč, seč, meď, soľ, hluš, myš, voš, lož, bel, Sereď, Sibír, Budapešť, Bukurešť, Lešť and a few other nouns. The words myseľ, chuť, raž, tvár, hneď can be declined like dlaň or like kosť in the singular, but only like dlaň in the plural. The word hrsť is declined like dlaň in the singular, but like kosť in the plural. The word pamäť is declined like kosť when it refers to human memory, but like dlaň when it refers to computer memory;<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://slovniky.juls.savba.sk/?w=pam%C3%A4%C5%A5|title=Slovenské slovníky}}</ref>
* most nouns in -eň lose -e- in all cases except N sg and A sg (for example úroveň – úrovne).

'''Notes on kosť''':
* see the first two notes under dlaň;
* some nouns lose -e-/-o- in all cases except N sg and A sg  (for example ves – vsi, lož – lži, cirkev – cirkvi).