Adjective reference

лёгкий

light

Velar 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 лёгкий
Case / profile	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Plural
Nominative	лёгкий	лёгкая	лёгкое	лёгкие
Genitive	лёгкого	лёгкой	лёгкого	лёгких
Dative	лёгкому	лёгкой	лёгкому	лёгким
Accusativeinanimate	лёгкий	лёгкую	лёгкое	лёгкие
Accusativeanimate	лёгкого	лёгкую	лёгкое	лёгких
Instrumental	лёгким	лёгкойAlso accepted: лёгкоюLong feminine -ою/-ею is accepted but less frequent and often stylistically marked.	лёгким	лёгкими
Prepositional	лёгком	лёгкой	лёгком	лёгких

Family pattern

лёгкийлёгкаялёгкоголёгкие

velar

Short forms

Masculine лёгок Productive predicate form

Feminine легка́ Productive predicate form

Neuter легко́ Productive predicate form

Plural легки́ Productive predicate form

Comparison

Simple comparative ле́гче

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.

Predicate use

Word formation

Stress and pronunciation

StemFixed