Adjective reference

бы́стрый

fast

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 быстрый
Case / profile	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Plural
Nominative	бы́стрый	бы́страя	бы́строе	бы́стрые
Genitive	бы́строго	бы́строй	бы́строго	бы́стрых
Dative	бы́строму	бы́строй	бы́строму	бы́стрым
Accusativeinanimate	бы́стрый	бы́струю	бы́строе	бы́стрые
Accusativeanimate	бы́строго	бы́струю	бы́строе	бы́стрых
Instrumental	бы́стрым	бы́стройAlso accepted: быстроюLong feminine -ою/-ею is accepted but less frequent and often stylistically marked.	бы́стрым	бы́стрыми
Prepositional	бы́стром	бы́строй	бы́стром	бы́стрых

Family pattern

быстрыйбыстраябыстрогобыстрые

hard

Short forms

Masculine бы́стр Productive predicate form

Feminine быстра́ Productive predicate form

Neuter бы́стро Productive predicate form

Plural бы́стры Productive predicate form

Comparison

Simple comparative быстре́е

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

Word formation

Stress and pronunciation

StemFixed