How to determine the gender of a noun from plural

In the process of doing homework on the Russian language, ordinary correspondence with friends, or when writing a business letter you can face a situation when the definition of the genus name, a noun may cause obstruction. This applies especially to nouns standing in the plural number.The following guidelines will help you to determine the correct spelling.

You will need

• Any tutorial/reference grammar.

Instruction

1. In the first place to determine the kind of noun you need to put it in the nominative singular. Typical generic ending for the male of the genus is zero ends (plant, horse, table), for the female of the genus a/I (car, paint, earth), for the middle sort - o/e (field, cloud, mirror).
2. There are nouns that have no singular forms (pants, glasses, watches, scissors, scales etc.). Such nouns cannot be attributed to any of the three genera. Most of these nouns denote objects consisting of two parts (trousers, scissors), so this kind is called a pair.
3. Among the many nouns should pay attention to the group of words denoting some shoes and a pair of objects. The singular of such words should be remembered. For example, the shoes - one Shoe, shoes - one Shoe, shale - slate one, the shoes one Shoe, sandals, one sandal, sneaker is one sneaker. And also: leggings - one gamasa, leggings, one legging left. BUT the Golf one Golf, rails - single rail.
4. Also in the Russian language there is a special group of nouns having the values of both male and female kind: ignorant, a bully, Sonia. Such nouns are called common nouns kind, and their tribal affiliation is determined from the specific context.
5. Indeclinable nouns of foreign origin, denoting inanimate objects usually belong to the middle family – alibi role, confetti, jury, menu. Exceptions: coffee, Scirocco (the wind in the desert), Suluguni (cheese), penalty kick, tornado, Hindi, Swahili – masculine.