Adjective reference
дорого́й
expensive
Long forms
Case, number, gender, and animacy
These are explicit stored profiles. Accusative animate and inanimate forms are kept separate.
| Case / profile | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Plural |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | дорого́й | дорога́я | дорого́е | дороги́е |
| Genitive | дорого́го | дорого́й | дорого́го | дороги́х |
| Dative | дорого́му | дорого́й | дорого́му | дороги́м |
| Accusativeinanimate | дорого́й | дорогу́ю | дорого́е | дороги́е |
| Accusativeanimate | дорого́го | дорогу́ю | дорого́е | дороги́х |
| Instrumental | дороги́м | дорого́йAlso accepted: дорогоюLong feminine -ою/-ею is accepted but less frequent and often stylistically marked. | дороги́м | дороги́ми |
| Prepositional | дорого́м | дорого́й | дорого́м | дороги́х |
Family pattern
Why this family label fits
дорогойдорогаядорогогодорогие
stressed_oy_i
Short forms
Predicate gender and number
Comparison
Comparative and superlative strategies
Stored irregular form
Available where the stored lexical restrictions permit it.
The agreeing adjective form follows самый.
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
- Allowed
- Secondary predicate
- Allowed
Word formation
Base and derivation
- Base type
- Unknown
Stress and pronunciation
Say the stored paradigm
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