Adjective reference

ни́зкий

low/short

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 низкий
Case / profileMasculineFeminineNeuterPlural
Nominative ни́зкий ни́зкая ни́зкое ни́зкие
Genitive ни́зкого ни́зкой ни́зкого ни́зких
Dative ни́зкому ни́зкой ни́зкому ни́зким
Accusativeinanimate ни́зкий ни́зкую ни́зкое ни́зкие
Accusativeanimate ни́зкого ни́зкую ни́зкое ни́зких
Instrumental ни́зким ни́зкойAlso accepted: низкоюLong feminine -ою/-ею is accepted but less frequent and often stylistically marked. ни́зким ни́зкими
Prepositional ни́зком ни́зкой ни́зком ни́зких

Family pattern

Why this family label fits

низкийнизкаянизкогонизкие

velar

Short forms

Predicate gender and number

Masculine ни́зок Productive predicate form
Feminine низка́ Productive predicate form
Neuter ни́зко Productive predicate form
Plural ни́зки Productive predicate form

Comparison

Comparative and superlative strategies

Simple comparative ни́же

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
Allowed
Secondary predicate
Allowed

Word formation

Base and derivation

Base type
Unknown

Stress and pronunciation

Say the stored paradigm

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