Adjective reference

ку́цый

bobtailed/short

Ц spelling rule ยท 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 куцый
Case / profileMasculineFeminineNeuterPlural
Nominative ку́цый ку́цая ку́цее ку́цые
Genitive ку́цего ку́цей ку́цего ку́цых
Dative ку́цему ку́цей ку́цему ку́цым
Accusativeinanimate ку́цый ку́цую ку́цее ку́цые
Accusativeanimate ку́цего ку́цую ку́цее ку́цых
Instrumental ку́цым ку́цей ку́цым ку́цыми
Prepositional ку́цем ку́цей ку́цем ку́цых

Family pattern

Why this family label fits

куцыйкуцаякуцегокуцые

ts

Short forms

Predicate gender and number

Feminine ку́ца LexicallyRestricted
Neuter ку́це LexicallyRestricted
Plural ку́цы LexicallyRestricted

Predicate use

Long and short choices

Attributive long
Allowed
Predicate long nominative
Allowed
Predicate long instrumental
Allowed
Predicate short
Restricted
Secondary predicate
Allowed

Word formation

Base and derivation

Base type
Unknown

Stress and pronunciation

Say the stored paradigm

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