Adjective reference

ру́сский

Russian

Velar spelling rule · RelationalGeographic

Long forms

Case, number, gender, and animacy

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

Long-form paradigm for русский
Case / profileMasculineFeminineNeuterPlural
Nominative ру́сский ру́сская ру́сское ру́сские
Genitive ру́сского ру́сской ру́сского ру́сских
Dative ру́сскому ру́сской ру́сскому ру́сским
Accusativeinanimate ру́сский ру́сскую ру́сское ру́сские
Accusativeanimate ру́сского ру́сскую ру́сское ру́сских
Instrumental ру́сским ру́сскойAlso accepted: русскоюLong feminine -ою/-ею is accepted but less frequent and often stylistically marked. ру́сским ру́сскими
Prepositional ру́сском ру́сской ру́сском ру́сских

Family pattern

Why this family label fits

русскийрусскаярусскогорусские

velar

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

Adjective used as a noun

Substantivised uses

Masculine · BothRussian man/person

Feminine · BothRussian woman/person

Orthography

Stored spelling notes

  • -ск- retains spelling-rule -ий/-ие/-их endings.
  • Lowercase for nationality/language adjectives unless sentence-initial or part of an official name.

Stress and pronunciation

Say the stored paradigm

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