Adjective reference

густо́й

dense/thick

Stressed -ой · 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 густой
Case / profileMasculineFeminineNeuterPlural
Nominative густо́й густа́я густо́е густы́е
Genitive густо́го густо́й густо́го густы́х
Dative густо́му густо́й густо́му густы́м
Accusativeinanimate густо́й густу́ю густо́е густы́е
Accusativeanimate густо́го густу́ю густо́е густы́х
Instrumental густы́м густо́йAlso accepted: густоюLong feminine -ою/-ею is accepted but less frequent and often stylistically marked. густы́м густы́ми
Prepositional густо́м густо́й густо́м густы́х

Family pattern

Why this family label fits

густойгустаягустогогустые

stressed_oy

Short forms

Predicate gender and number

Masculine густ Productive predicate form
Feminine густа́ Productive predicate form
Neuter гу́сто Productive predicate form
Plural гу́сты Productive predicate form

Comparison

Comparative and superlative strategies

Simple comparative гу́ще

Stored irregular 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

Word formation

Base and derivation

Base type
Unknown

Stress and pronunciation

Say the stored paradigm

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