Correct stress is one of the most common problems in spoken language. Especially in the formation of the plural and indirect cases. Take, for example, the word scarf and form the plural. The plural is scarves. Emphasis is not questionable as long as the noun is written on paper.
Morphological characteristics and declination
A scarf is a common inanimate masculine noun of the first declension. This word refers to a garment sewn or knitted in the form of a long strip; they put it on his head, put it on his shoulders or wrap around his neck.
| Case / number | Question | Singular | Plural |
| Nominative | What? | The scarf was hand-knitted and therefore even more valuable. | What is the accent of scarves? |
| Genitive | What? | A prickly mohair scarf scratched his neck and face. | It is always warm here, no thick scarves are needed. |
| Dative | Why? | A scarf needs a hat and gloves in color. | Scarves have no place on the bookshelf. |
| Accusative | What? | Maxim Antonovich held a scarf in his hands, fingered his long brushes and thought about something of his own. | Marianna Filippovna spent an hour in the store, looked at scarves of all colors and sizes, but could not stop at one: she wanted everything at once, then she didn’t like a single one. |
| Instrumental case | Than? | Grandmother covered the baby with a wide warm scarf. | A mole flew over the scarves. |
| Prepositional | About what? | Anatoly Danilovich handed a bundle to his daughter-in-law: hot sandwiches were wrapped in a scarf. | The son of Yulia Vyacheslavovna did not like to dress warmly, did not even want to hear about hats, scarves and gloves. |
Stress in the word "scarves"
In everyday speech, we often encounter the fact that in the plural of the noun the scarf the interlocutor places emphasis on the second vowel. Is it correct?
I would like to note that in the words cake, bow, crane, bridge, scarf, the stress is motionless. It always falls on the same syllable, that is, on the first.
Five sentences with the word "scarf"
The stress in all forms of the noun “scarf” is unchanged - this rule should be remembered. To practice stress setting, we recommend that you study the following examples:
- I don’t understand anything in scarves.
- The stress in the noun scarves falls on the "a".
- Maria Anatolyevna worked all night on a scarf, wanted to be in time for sending gifts to the front.
- In the scarf and manner of wearing it, you can tell something about his mistress.
- Next season, this scarf model will go out of fashion.