Stem:

The basic part of a word which is repeated through the whole inflection pattern. For example, in the word dziewczyna (girl), dziewczyn- is the stem, while –a, -ę, -ą, -y, -e, -o, -ami, -ach, -om are endings that change the grammatical form of the word.

  Singular Forms Plural Forms
Nominative dziewczyna dziewczyny
Accusative dziewczynę dziewczyny
Instrumental dziewczyną dziewczynami
Genitive dziewczyny dziewczyn
Locative dziewczynie dziewczynach
Dative dziewczynie dziewczynom
Vocative dziewczyno dziewczyny

All inflected parts of speech consist of a stem and an ending.

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