Adjective reference

большо́й

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Stressed -ой · 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 большой
Case / profileMasculineFeminineNeuterPlural
Nominative большо́й больша́я большо́е больши́е
Genitive большо́го большо́й большо́го больши́х
Dative большо́му большо́й большо́му больши́м
Accusativeinanimate большо́й большу́ю большо́е больши́е
Accusativeanimate большо́го большу́ю большо́е больши́х
Instrumental больши́м большо́йAlso accepted: большоюLong feminine -ою/-ею is accepted but less frequent and often stylistically marked. больши́м больши́ми
Prepositional большо́м большо́й большо́м больши́х

Family pattern

Why this family label fits

большойбольшаябольшогобольшие

stressed_oy_i

Comparison

Comparative and superlative strategies

Simple comparative бо́льше

Stored irregular 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.

Synthetic superlativeнаибо́льший

Relative

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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