Adjective reference

отцо́в

father's

Possessive -ин/-ов ยท Possessive

Long forms

Case, number, gender, and animacy

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

Long-form paradigm for отцов
Case / profileMasculineFeminineNeuterPlural
Nominative отцо́в отцо́ва отцо́во отцо́вы
Genitive отцо́ваAlso accepted: отцовогоThe lexeme-specific short possessive form is primary; the ordinary long adjectival form is also accepted. отцо́вой отцо́ваAlso accepted: отцовогоThe lexeme-specific short possessive form is primary; the ordinary long adjectival form is also accepted. отцо́вых
Dative отцо́вуAlso accepted: отцовомуThe lexeme-specific short possessive form is primary; the ordinary long adjectival form is also accepted. отцо́вой отцо́вуAlso accepted: отцовомуThe lexeme-specific short possessive form is primary; the ordinary long adjectival form is also accepted. отцо́вым
Accusativeinanimate отцо́в отцо́ву отцо́во отцо́вы
Accusativeanimate отцо́ваAlso accepted: отцовогоThe lexeme-specific short possessive form is primary; the ordinary long adjectival form is also accepted. отцо́ву отцо́во отцо́вых
Instrumental отцо́вым отцо́войAlso accepted: отцовою отцо́вым отцо́выми
Prepositional отцо́вом отцо́вой отцо́вом отцо́вых

Family pattern

Why this family label fits

отцовотцоваотцоваотцовы

possessive_ov

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

Possessive / mixed pattern

Ov

LowModernProductivity

Lowercase for common-noun source.

Stress and pronunciation

Say the stored paradigm

StemFixed

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