Adjective reference

плохо́й

bad

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 плохой
Case / profileMasculineFeminineNeuterPlural
Nominative плохо́й плоха́я плохо́е плохи́е
Genitive плохо́го плохо́й плохо́го плохи́х
Dative плохо́му плохо́й плохо́му плохи́м
Accusativeinanimate плохо́й плоху́ю плохо́е плохи́е
Accusativeanimate плохо́го плоху́ю плохо́е плохи́х
Instrumental плохи́м плохо́йAlso accepted: плохоюLong feminine -ою/-ею is accepted but less frequent and often stylistically marked. плохи́м плохи́ми
Prepositional плохо́м плохо́й плохо́м плохи́х

Family pattern

Why this family label fits

плохойплохаяплохогоплохие

stressed_oy_i

Short forms

Predicate gender and number

Masculine плох Productive predicate form
Feminine плоха́ Productive predicate form
Neuter пло́хо Productive predicate form
Plural пло́хи Productive predicate form

Comparison

Comparative and superlative strategies

Simple comparative ху́же

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.

Synthetic superlativeху́дший

Relative

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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