Adjective reference
ста́рший
older
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 | ста́рший | ста́ршая | ста́ршее | ста́ршие |
| Genitive | ста́ршего | ста́ршей | ста́ршего | ста́рших |
| Dative | ста́ршему | ста́ршей | ста́ршему | ста́ршим |
| Accusativeinanimate | ста́рший | ста́ршую | ста́ршее | ста́ршие |
| Accusativeanimate | ста́ршего | ста́ршую | ста́ршее | ста́рших |
| Instrumental | ста́ршим | ста́ршейAlso accepted: старшеюLong feminine -ою/-ею is accepted but less frequent and often stylistically marked. | ста́ршим | ста́ршими |
| Prepositional | ста́ршем | ста́ршей | ста́ршем | ста́рших |
Family pattern
Why this family label fits
старшийстаршаястаршегостаршие
sibilant
Predicate use
Long and short choices
- Attributive long
- Allowed
- Predicate long nominative
- Allowed
- Predicate long instrumental
- Allowed
- Predicate short
- NotNormallyUsed
- Secondary predicate
- Allowed
Word formation
Base and derivation
- Base type
- Unknown
Stress and pronunciation
Say the stored paradigm
StemFixed