Adjective reference

си́льный

strong

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 сильный
Case / profileMasculineFeminineNeuterPlural
Nominative си́льный си́льная си́льное си́льные
Genitive си́льного си́льной си́льного си́льных
Dative си́льному си́льной си́льному си́льным
Accusativeinanimate си́льный си́льную си́льное си́льные
Accusativeanimate си́льного си́льную си́льное си́льных
Instrumental си́льным си́льнойAlso accepted: сильноюLong feminine -ою/-ею is accepted but less frequent and often stylistically marked. си́льным си́льными
Prepositional си́льном си́льной си́льном си́льных

Family pattern

Why this family label fits

сильныйсильнаясильногосильные

hard

Short forms

Predicate gender and number

Masculine силён Productive predicate form
Feminine сильна́ Productive predicate form
Neuter си́льно Productive predicate form
Plural си́льны Productive predicate form

Comparison

Comparative and superlative strategies

Simple comparative сильне́е

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.

Synthetic superlativeсильне́йший

RelativeOrElative

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

StemFixed

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