Adjective reference

бе́лый

white

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 белый
Case / profileMasculineFeminineNeuterPlural
Nominative бе́лый бе́лая бе́лое бе́лые
Genitive бе́лого бе́лой бе́лого бе́лых
Dative бе́лому бе́лой бе́лому бе́лым
Accusativeinanimate бе́лый бе́лую бе́лое бе́лые
Accusativeanimate бе́лого бе́лую бе́лое бе́лых
Instrumental бе́лым бе́лойAlso accepted: белоюLong feminine -ою/-ею is accepted but less frequent and often stylistically marked. бе́лым бе́лыми
Prepositional бе́лом бе́лой бе́лом бе́лых

Family pattern

Why this family label fits

белыйбелаябелогобелые

hard

Comparison

Comparative and superlative strategies

Simple comparative беле́е

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

Long and short choices

Attributive long
Allowed
Predicate long nominative
Allowed
Predicate long instrumental
Allowed
Predicate short
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Secondary predicate
Allowed

Word formation

Base and derivation

Base type
Unknown

Stress and pronunciation

Say the stored paradigm

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