Adjective reference

небольшо́й

small/not large

Stressed -ой · 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 небольшой
Case / profileMasculineFeminineNeuterPlural
Nominative небольшо́й небольша́я небольшо́е небольши́е
Genitive небольшо́го небольшо́й небольшо́го небольши́х
Dative небольшо́му небольшо́й небольшо́му небольши́м
Accusativeinanimate небольшо́й небольшу́ю небольшо́е небольши́е
Accusativeanimate небольшо́го небольшу́ю небольшо́е небольши́х
Instrumental небольши́м небольшо́йAlso accepted: небольшоюLong feminine -ою/-ею is accepted but less frequent and often stylistically marked. небольши́м небольши́ми
Prepositional небольшо́м небольшо́й небольшо́м небольши́х

Family pattern

Why this family label fits

небольшойнебольшаянебольшогонебольшие

stressed_oy_i

Comparison

Comparative and superlative strategies

Simple comparative ме́ньше

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

Long and short choices

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

Word formation

Base and derivation

Base type
Unknown

Orthography

Stored spelling notes

  • Solid lexical adjective normally means 'small'; explicit contrast may require не большой.

Stress and pronunciation

Say the stored paradigm

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