Adjective reference

широ́кий

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Velar spelling rule · 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 широкий
Case / profileMasculineFeminineNeuterPlural
Nominative широ́кий широ́кая широ́кое широ́кие
Genitive широ́кого широ́кой широ́кого широ́ких
Dative широ́кому широ́кой широ́кому широ́ким
Accusativeinanimate широ́кий широ́кую широ́кое широ́кие
Accusativeanimate широ́кого широ́кую широ́кое широ́ких
Instrumental широ́ким широ́койAlso accepted: широкоюLong feminine -ою/-ею is accepted but less frequent and often stylistically marked. широ́ким широ́кими
Prepositional широ́ком широ́кой широ́ком широ́ких

Family pattern

Why this family label fits

широкийширокаяширокогоширокие

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Short forms

Predicate gender and number

Masculine широ́к Productive predicate form
Feminine широка́ Productive predicate form
Neuter широко́ Productive predicate form
Plural широки́ Productive predicate form

Comparison

Comparative and superlative strategies

Simple comparative ши́ре

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
Allowed
Secondary predicate
Allowed

Word formation

Base and derivation

Base type
Unknown

Stress and pronunciation

Say the stored paradigm

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