Adjective reference

настоя́щий

present

Sibilant spelling rule · ContextDependent

Long forms

Case, number, gender, and animacy

These are explicit stored profiles. Accusative animate and inanimate forms are kept separate.

Long-form paradigm for настоящий
Case / profileMasculineFeminineNeuterPlural
Nominative настоя́щий настоя́щая настоя́щее настоя́щие
Genitive настоя́щего настоя́щей настоя́щего настоя́щих
Dative настоя́щему настоя́щей настоя́щему настоя́щим
Accusativeinanimate настоя́щий настоя́щую настоя́щее настоя́щие
Accusativeanimate настоя́щего настоя́щую настоя́щее настоя́щих
Instrumental настоя́щим настоя́щейAlso accepted: настоящеюLong feminine -ою/-ею is accepted but less frequent and often stylistically marked. настоя́щим настоя́щими
Prepositional настоя́щем настоя́щей настоя́щем настоя́щих

Family pattern

Why this family label fits

настоящийнастоящаянастоящегонастоящие

sibilant

Predicate use

Long and short choices

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

Word formation

Base and derivation

Base type
Unknown

Adjective used as a noun

Substantivised uses

Neuter · SingularOnlythe present

Stress and pronunciation

Say the stored paradigm

StemFixed

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