Adjective reference

ста́рший

older

Sibilant spelling rule ยท ContextDependent

Long forms

Case, number, gender, and animacy

These are explicit stored profiles. Accusative animate and inanimate forms are kept separate.

Long-form paradigm for старший
Case / profileMasculineFeminineNeuterPlural
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

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