Adjective reference

древнеру́сский

Old Russian

Velar spelling rule ยท RelationalGeographic

Long forms

Case, number, gender, and animacy

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

Long-form paradigm for древнерусский
Case / profileMasculineFeminineNeuterPlural
Nominative древнеру́сский древнеру́сская древнеру́сское древнеру́сские
Genitive древнеру́сского древнеру́сской древнеру́сского древнеру́сских
Dative древнеру́сскому древнеру́сской древнеру́сскому древнеру́сским
Accusativeinanimate древнеру́сский древнеру́сскую древнеру́сское древнеру́сские
Accusativeanimate древнеру́сского древнеру́сскую древнеру́сское древнеру́сских
Instrumental древнеру́сским древнеру́сскойAlso accepted: древнерусскоюLong feminine -ою/-ею is accepted but less frequent and often stylistically marked. древнеру́сским древнеру́сскими
Prepositional древнеру́сском древнеру́сской древнеру́сском древнеру́сских

Family pattern

Why this family label fits

древнерусскийдревнерусскаядревнерусскогодревнерусские

velar

Predicate use

Long and short choices

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

Word formation

Base and derivation

Base type
Compound
Base lemma
древний + русский
Derivation
древний + русский → древнерусский

Orthography

Stored spelling notes

  • Lexicalised historical-cultural term written solid.
  • Lowercase outside a proper official name.

Stress and pronunciation

Say the stored paradigm

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