Adjective reference

краси́вый

beautiful

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 красивый
Case / profileMasculineFeminineNeuterPlural
Nominative краси́вый краси́вая краси́вое краси́вые
Genitive краси́вого краси́вой краси́вого краси́вых
Dative краси́вому краси́вой краси́вому краси́вым
Accusativeinanimate краси́вый краси́вую краси́вое краси́вые
Accusativeanimate краси́вого краси́вую краси́вое краси́вых
Instrumental краси́вым краси́войAlso accepted: красивоюLong feminine -ою/-ею is accepted but less frequent and often stylistically marked. краси́вым краси́выми
Prepositional краси́вом краси́вой краси́вом краси́вых

Family pattern

Why this family label fits

красивыйкрасиваякрасивогокрасивые

hard

Short forms

Predicate gender and number

Masculine краси́в Productive predicate form
Feminine краси́ва Productive predicate form
Neuter краси́во Productive predicate form
Plural краси́вы Productive predicate form

Comparison

Comparative and superlative strategies

Simple comparative краси́вее

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.

Synthetic superlativeкраси́вейший

RelativeOrElative

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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