Adjective reference

све́жий

fresh

Sibilant spelling rule · 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 свежий
Case / profileMasculineFeminineNeuterPlural
Nominative све́жий све́жая све́жее све́жие
Genitive све́жего све́жей све́жего све́жих
Dative све́жему све́жей све́жему све́жим
Accusativeinanimate све́жий све́жую све́жее све́жие
Accusativeanimate све́жего све́жую све́жее све́жих
Instrumental све́жим све́жейAlso accepted: свежеюLong feminine -ою/-ею is accepted but less frequent and often stylistically marked. све́жим све́жими
Prepositional све́жем све́жей све́жем све́жих

Family pattern

Why this family label fits

свежийсвежаясвежегосвежие

sibilant

Short forms

Predicate gender and number

Masculine свеж Productive predicate form
Feminine свежа́ Productive predicate form
Neuter свежо́ Productive predicate form
Plural све́жи Productive predicate form

Comparison

Comparative and superlative strategies

Simple comparative свеже́е

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.

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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