Adjective reference
спосо́бный
capable
Long forms
Case, number, gender, and animacy
These are explicit stored profiles. Accusative animate and inanimate forms are kept separate.
| Case / profile | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Plural |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
Comparison
Comparative and superlative strategies
Stored comparative form
Available where the stored lexical restrictions permit it.
The agreeing adjective form follows самый.
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
He is capable of deception.
Word formation
Base and derivation
- Base type
- Unknown
Stress and pronunciation
Say the stored paradigm
StemFixed