Adjective reference

ста́рый

old

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 старый
Case / profileMasculineFeminineNeuterPlural
Nominative ста́рый ста́рая ста́рое ста́рые
Genitive ста́рого ста́рой ста́рого ста́рых
Dative ста́рому ста́рой ста́рому ста́рым
Accusativeinanimate ста́рый ста́рую ста́рое ста́рые
Accusativeanimate ста́рого ста́рую ста́рое ста́рых
Instrumental ста́рым ста́ройAlso accepted: староюLong feminine -ою/-ею is accepted but less frequent and often stylistically marked. ста́рым ста́рыми
Prepositional ста́ром ста́рой ста́ром ста́рых

Family pattern

Why this family label fits

старыйстараястарогостарые

hard

Short forms

Predicate gender and number

Masculine ста́р LexicallyRestricted
Feminine стара́ LexicallyRestricted
Neuter ста́ро LexicallyRestricted
Plural ста́ры LexicallyRestricted

Comparison

Comparative and superlative strategies

Simple comparative старе́е

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.

Synthetic superlativeстаре́йший

RelativeOrElative

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

StemFixed

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