Adjective reference

и́стинный

true/genuine

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 истинный
Case / profileMasculineFeminineNeuterPlural
Nominative и́стинный и́стинная и́стинное и́стинные
Genitive и́стинного и́стинной и́стинного и́стинных
Dative и́стинному и́стинной и́стинному и́стинным
Accusativeinanimate и́стинный и́стинную и́стинное и́стинные
Accusativeanimate и́стинного и́стинную и́стинное и́стинных
Instrumental и́стинным и́стиннойAlso accepted: истинноюLong feminine -ою/-ею is accepted but less frequent and often stylistically marked. и́стинным и́стинными
Prepositional и́стинном и́стинной и́стинном и́стинных

Family pattern

Why this family label fits

истинныйистиннаяистинногоистинные

hard

Short forms

Predicate gender and number

Masculine и́стинен Productive predicate form
Feminine и́стинна Productive predicate form
Neuter и́стинно Productive predicate form
Plural и́стинны Productive predicate form

Comparison

Comparative and superlative strategies

Simple comparative и́стиннее

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

Word formation

Base and derivation

Base type
Unknown

Orthography

Stored spelling notes

  • The lexical adjective истинный is written with нн; masculine short истинен contains a fleeting vowel.

Stress and pronunciation

Say the stored paradigm

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