Adjective reference

си́ний

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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 синий
Case / profileMasculineFeminineNeuterPlural
Nominative си́ний си́няя си́нее си́ние
Genitive си́него си́ней си́него си́них
Dative си́нему си́ней си́нему си́ним
Accusativeinanimate си́ний си́нюю си́нее си́ние
Accusativeanimate си́него си́нюю си́нее си́них
Instrumental си́ним си́нейAlso accepted: синеюLong feminine -ою/-ею is accepted but less frequent and often stylistically marked. си́ним си́ними
Prepositional си́нем си́ней си́нем си́них

Family pattern

Why this family label fits

синийсиняясинегосиние

soft

Comparison

Comparative and superlative strategies

Simple comparative сине́е

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.

Predicate use

Long and short choices

Attributive long
Allowed
Predicate long nominative
Allowed
Predicate long instrumental
Allowed
Predicate short
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Secondary predicate
Allowed

Word formation

Base and derivation

Base type
Unknown

Stress and pronunciation

Say the stored paradigm

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