Adjective reference

поле́зный

useful

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 полезный
Case / profileMasculineFeminineNeuterPlural
Nominative поле́зный поле́зная поле́зное поле́зные
Genitive поле́зного поле́зной поле́зного поле́зных
Dative поле́зному поле́зной поле́зному поле́зным
Accusativeinanimate поле́зный поле́зную поле́зное поле́зные
Accusativeanimate поле́зного поле́зную поле́зное поле́зных
Instrumental поле́зным поле́знойAlso accepted: полезноюLong feminine -ою/-ею is accepted but less frequent and often stylistically marked. поле́зным поле́зными
Prepositional поле́зном поле́зной поле́зном поле́зных

Family pattern

Why this family label fits

полезныйполезнаяполезногополезные

hard

Short forms

Predicate gender and number

Masculine поле́зен Productive predicate form
Feminine поле́зна Productive predicate form
Neuter поле́зно Productive predicate form
Plural поле́зны Productive predicate form

Comparison

Comparative and superlative strategies

Simple comparative поле́знее

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.

Predicate use

Long and short choices

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

Government

Verified complement patterns

полезный кому · Dative Книга полезна детям.

The book is useful to children.

Word formation

Base and derivation

Base type
Unknown

Stress and pronunciation

Say the stored paradigm

StemFixed

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