Adjective reference

до́лжен

must/owe

Irregular · ContextDependent

Long forms

Case, number, gender, and animacy

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

Long-form paradigm for должен
Case / profileMasculineFeminineNeuterPlural
Nominative Not used Not used Not used Not used
Genitive Not used Not used Not used Not used
Dative Not used Not used Not used Not used
Accusativeinanimate Not used Not used Not used Not used
Accusativeanimate Not used Not used Not used Not used
Instrumental Not used Not used Not used Not used
Prepositional Not used Not used Not used Not used

Family pattern

Why this family label fits

должен

short_only

Short forms

Predicate gender and number

Masculine до́лжен Predicate use
Feminine должна́ Predicate use
Neuter должно́ Predicate use
Plural должны́ Predicate use

Predicate use

Long and short choices

Predicate short
Allowed
Secondary predicate
Restricted

Government

Verified complement patterns

должен + infinitive · NotApplicable Он должен уйти.

He must leave.

Word formation

Base and derivation

Base type
Unknown

Stress and pronunciation

Say the stored paradigm

FormSpecific

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