Adjective reference

хоро́ший

good

Sibilant spelling rule · 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 хороший
Case / profileMasculineFeminineNeuterPlural
Nominative хоро́ший хоро́шая хоро́шее хоро́шие
Genitive хоро́шего хоро́шей хоро́шего хоро́ших
Dative хоро́шему хоро́шей хоро́шему хоро́шим
Accusativeinanimate хоро́ший хоро́шую хоро́шее хоро́шие
Accusativeanimate хоро́шего хоро́шую хоро́шее хоро́ших
Instrumental хоро́шим хоро́шейAlso accepted: хорошеюLong feminine -ою/-ею is accepted but less frequent and often stylistically marked. хоро́шим хоро́шими
Prepositional хоро́шем хоро́шей хоро́шем хоро́ших

Family pattern

Why this family label fits

хорошийхорошаяхорошегохорошие

sibilant

Short forms

Predicate gender and number

Masculine хоро́ш Productive predicate form
Feminine хороша́ Productive predicate form
Neuter хорошо́ Productive predicate form
Plural хороши́ Productive predicate form

Comparison

Comparative and superlative strategies

Simple comparative лу́чше

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.

Synthetic superlativeлу́чший

Relative

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

StemFixed

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