Adjective reference

бе́дный

poor

Transparent hard · Qualitative

Long forms

Case, number, gender, and animacy

These are explicit stored profiles. Accusative animate and inanimate forms are kept separate.

Long-form paradigm for бедный
Case / profile	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Plural
Nominative	бе́дный	бе́дная	бе́дное	бе́дные
Genitive	бе́дного	бе́дной	бе́дного	бе́дных
Dative	бе́дному	бе́дной	бе́дному	бе́дным
Accusativeinanimate	бе́дный	бе́дную	бе́дное	бе́дные
Accusativeanimate	бе́дного	бе́дную	бе́дное	бе́дных
Instrumental	бе́дным	бе́днойAlso accepted: бедноюLong feminine -ою/-ею is accepted but less frequent and often stylistically marked.	бе́дным	бе́дными
Prepositional	бе́дном	бе́дной	бе́дном	бе́дных

Family pattern

бедныйбеднаябедногобедные

hard

Short forms

Masculine бе́ден Productive predicate form

Feminine бедна́ Productive predicate form

Neuter бедно́ Productive predicate form

Plural бе́дны Productive predicate form

Comparison

Simple comparative бедне́е

Stored comparative form

Compound comparativeболее + long form

Available where the stored lexical restrictions permit it.

Relative superlativeсамый + long form

The agreeing adjective form follows самый.

Analytic superlativeнаиболее + long form

A formal or neutral analytic strategy where licensed.

Predicate use

Government

бедный чем · Instrumental Район беден парками.

The district has few parks.

Word formation

Stress and pronunciation

StemFixed