Adjective reference

но́вый

new

Transparent hard · 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 новый
Case / profileMasculineFeminineNeuterPlural
Nominative но́вый но́вая но́вое но́вые
Genitive но́вого но́вой но́вого но́вых
Dative но́вому но́вой но́вому но́вым
Accusativeinanimate но́вый но́вую но́вое но́вые
Accusativeanimate но́вого но́вую но́вое но́вых
Instrumental но́вым но́войAlso accepted: новоюLong feminine -ою/-ею is accepted but less frequent and often stylistically marked. но́вым но́выми
Prepositional но́вом но́вой но́вом но́вых

Family pattern

Why this family label fits

новыйноваяновогоновые

hard

Short forms

Predicate gender and number

Masculine но́в LexicallyRestricted
Feminine нова́ LexicallyRestricted
Neuter но́во LexicallyRestricted
Plural но́вы LexicallyRestricted

Comparison

Comparative and superlative strategies

Simple comparative нове́е

Stored comparative 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.

Synthetic superlativeнове́йший

RelativeOrElative

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

StemFixed

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