Adjective reference

могу́чий

mighty

Sibilant 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 могучий
Case / profileMasculineFeminineNeuterPlural
Nominative могу́чий могу́чая могу́чее могу́чие
Genitive могу́чего могу́чей могу́чего могу́чих
Dative могу́чему могу́чей могу́чему могу́чим
Accusativeinanimate могу́чий могу́чую могу́чее могу́чие
Accusativeanimate могу́чего могу́чую могу́чее могу́чих
Instrumental могу́чим могу́чейAlso accepted: могучеюLong feminine -ою/-ею is accepted but less frequent and often stylistically marked. могу́чим могу́чими
Prepositional могу́чем могу́чей могу́чем могу́чих

Family pattern

Why this family label fits

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sibilant

Short forms

Predicate gender and number

Masculine могу́ч Productive predicate form
Feminine могу́ча Productive predicate form
Neuter могу́че Productive predicate form
Plural могу́чи Productive predicate form

Comparison

Comparative and superlative strategies

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
Allowed
Secondary predicate
Allowed

Word formation

Base and derivation

Base type
Unknown

Stress and pronunciation

Say the stored paradigm

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