Adjective reference

кру́глый

round

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 круглый
Case / profileMasculineFeminineNeuterPlural
Nominative кру́глый кру́глая кру́глое кру́глые
Genitive кру́глого кру́глой кру́глого кру́глых
Dative кру́глому кру́глой кру́глому кру́глым
Accusativeinanimate кру́глый кру́глую кру́глое кру́глые
Accusativeanimate кру́глого кру́глую кру́глое кру́глых
Instrumental кру́глым кру́глойAlso accepted: круглоюLong feminine -ою/-ею is accepted but less frequent and often stylistically marked. кру́глым кру́глыми
Prepositional кру́глом кру́глой кру́глом кру́глых

Family pattern

Why this family label fits

круглыйкруглаякруглогокруглые

hard

Comparison

Comparative and superlative strategies

Simple comparative кругле́е

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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