Adjective reference

по́здний

late

Genuinely soft · 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 поздний
Case / profileMasculineFeminineNeuterPlural
Nominative по́здний по́здняя по́зднее по́здние
Genitive по́зднего по́здней по́зднего по́здних
Dative по́зднему по́здней по́зднему по́здним
Accusativeinanimate по́здний по́зднюю по́зднее по́здние
Accusativeanimate по́зднего по́зднюю по́зднее по́здних
Instrumental по́здним по́зднейAlso accepted: позднеюLong feminine -ою/-ею is accepted but less frequent and often stylistically marked. по́здним по́здними
Prepositional по́зднем по́здней по́зднем по́здних

Family pattern

Why this family label fits

позднийпоздняяпозднегопоздние

soft

Comparison

Comparative and superlative strategies

Simple comparative по́зже

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
ManualReview
Secondary predicate
Allowed

Word formation

Base and derivation

Base type
Unknown

Stress and pronunciation

Say the stored paradigm

StemFixed

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