Adjective reference

гото́вый

ready

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 готовый
Case / profileMasculineFeminineNeuterPlural
Nominative гото́вый гото́вая гото́вое гото́вые
Genitive гото́вого гото́вой гото́вого гото́вых
Dative гото́вому гото́вой гото́вому гото́вым
Accusativeinanimate гото́вый гото́вую гото́вое гото́вые
Accusativeanimate гото́вого гото́вую гото́вое гото́вых
Instrumental гото́вым гото́войAlso accepted: готовоюLong feminine -ою/-ею is accepted but less frequent and often stylistically marked. гото́вым гото́выми
Prepositional гото́вом гото́вой гото́вом гото́вых

Family pattern

Why this family label fits

готовыйготоваяготовогоготовые

hard

Short forms

Predicate gender and number

Masculine гото́в Predicate use
Feminine гото́ва Predicate use
Neuter гото́во Predicate use
Plural гото́вы Predicate use

Comparison

Comparative and superlative strategies

Simple comparative гото́вее

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

Long and short choices

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

Government

Verified complement patterns

готовый к чему · Dative Студент готов к экзамену.

The student is ready for the exam.

готовый + infinitive · NotApplicable Студент готов отвечать.

The student is ready to answer.

Word formation

Base and derivation

Base type
Unknown

Stress and pronunciation

Say the stored paradigm

StemFixed

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