This is a small group of nouns that has its own declension. Almost all feminine nouns ending in a consonant have an – i ending in the nominative, genitive and accusative plural forms.
This group of nouns includes almost all the abstract nouns ending in the foreign suffix – ost ( or – est and – ist).
Here are some examples:
Sve stvari su ovdje.
Ovdje su noći veoma duge.
Ne znam te strane riječi.
Imam vijesti od gospodina Robertsa.
Govorimo o umjetnosti.
Example of adjectives and demonstratives agreeing with feminine nouns with a consonant ending:
Jesu li te stvari lijepe?
Da li su te vijesti dobre?
So, we notice that demonstratives and adjectives have regular feminine endings like with other feminine nouns.
How we change these nouns:
N. Riječ N. riječi
G. riječi G. riječi
D. riječi D. riječima
A. riječ A. riječi
V. riječ V. riječi
I. riječi/ riječju I. riječima
L. riječi L. riječima
List of the some feminine nouns ending in consonant:
Bolest – illness
Umjetnost – art
Stvar – thing, object
Noć – night
Riječ – word
Pamet – intelligence
Misao – thought
Krv – blood
So – salt
Čast – honour
Ljubav – love
Cijev – pipe
Kost – bone
mladost – young age
starost – age
