Adjective reference
ста́рый
old
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 | 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
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.
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
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