Adjective reference

просто́й

simple

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 простой
Case / profile	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Plural
Nominative	просто́й	проста́я	просто́е	просты́е
Genitive	просто́го	просто́й	просто́го	просты́х
Dative	просто́му	просто́й	просто́му	просты́м
Accusativeinanimate	просто́й	просту́ю	просто́е	просты́е
Accusativeanimate	просто́го	просту́ю	просто́е	просты́х
Instrumental	просты́м	просто́йAlso accepted: простоюLong feminine -ою/-ею is accepted but less frequent and often stylistically marked.	просты́м	просты́ми
Prepositional	просто́м	просто́й	просто́м	просты́х

Family pattern

простойпростаяпростогопростые

stressed_oy

Short forms

Masculine прост Productive predicate form

Feminine проста́ Productive predicate form

Neuter про́сто Productive predicate form

Plural просты́ Productive predicate form

Comparison

Simple comparative про́ще

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 superlativeпросте́йший

RelativeOrElative

Predicate use

Word formation

Stress and pronunciation

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