Adjective reference

сло́жный

complex

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 сложный
Case / profileMasculineFeminineNeuterPlural
Nominative сло́жный сло́жная сло́жное сло́жные
Genitive сло́жного сло́жной сло́жного сло́жных
Dative сло́жному сло́жной сло́жному сло́жным
Accusativeinanimate сло́жный сло́жную сло́жное сло́жные
Accusativeanimate сло́жного сло́жную сло́жное сло́жных
Instrumental сло́жным сло́жнойAlso accepted: сложноюLong feminine -ою/-ею is accepted but less frequent and often stylistically marked. сло́жным сло́жными
Prepositional сло́жном сло́жной сло́жном сло́жных

Family pattern

Why this family label fits

сложныйсложнаясложногосложные

hard

Short forms

Predicate gender and number

Masculine сло́жен Productive predicate form
Feminine сложна́ Productive predicate form
Neuter сло́жно Productive predicate form
Plural сложны́ Productive predicate form

Comparison

Comparative and superlative strategies

Simple comparative сложне́е

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
Allowed
Secondary predicate
Allowed

Word formation

Base and derivation

Base type
Unknown

Stress and pronunciation

Say the stored paradigm

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