Adjective reference

спосо́бный

capable

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 способный
Case / profileMasculineFeminineNeuterPlural
Nominative спосо́бный спосо́бная спосо́бное спосо́бные
Genitive спосо́бного спосо́бной спосо́бного спосо́бных
Dative спосо́бному спосо́бной спосо́бному спосо́бным
Accusativeinanimate спосо́бный спосо́бную спосо́бное спосо́бные
Accusativeanimate спосо́бного спосо́бную спосо́бное спосо́бных
Instrumental спосо́бным спосо́бнойAlso accepted: способноюLong feminine -ою/-ею is accepted but less frequent and often stylistically marked. спосо́бным спосо́бными
Prepositional спосо́бном спосо́бной спосо́бном спосо́бных

Family pattern

Why this family label fits

способныйспособнаяспособногоспособные

hard

Short forms

Predicate gender and number

Masculine спосо́бен Predicate use
Feminine спосо́бна Predicate use
Neuter спосо́бно Predicate use
Plural спосо́бны Predicate use

Comparison

Comparative and superlative strategies

Simple comparative спосо́бнее

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

Government

Verified complement patterns

способный на что · Accusative Он способен на обман.

He is capable of deception.

Word formation

Base and derivation

Base type
Unknown

Stress and pronunciation

Say the stored paradigm

StemFixed

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