Animate Nouns:

Animate nouns refer to animals and human beings (dead or alive), such as kot (cat), pies (dog), and student (student). The categories "inanimate" and "animate" are used exclusively when declining masculine nouns, adjectives, pronouns, and numbers. See also: Inanimate Nouns, Non-Virile Nouns, Virile Nouns

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