Adjective reference

кра́сный

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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 красный
Case / profileMasculineFeminineNeuterPlural
Nominative кра́сный кра́сная кра́сное кра́сные
Genitive кра́сного кра́сной кра́сного кра́сных
Dative кра́сному кра́сной кра́сному кра́сным
Accusativeinanimate кра́сный кра́сную кра́сное кра́сные
Accusativeanimate кра́сного кра́сную кра́сное кра́сных
Instrumental кра́сным кра́снойAlso accepted: красноюLong feminine -ою/-ею is accepted but less frequent and often stylistically marked. кра́сным кра́сными
Prepositional кра́сном кра́сной кра́сном кра́сных

Family pattern

Why this family label fits

красныйкраснаякрасногокрасные

hard

Comparison

Comparative and superlative strategies

Simple comparative красне́е

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
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Secondary predicate
Allowed

Word formation

Base and derivation

Base type
Unknown

Stress and pronunciation

Say the stored paradigm

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