Adjective reference

свобо́дный

free

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 свободный
Case / profileMasculineFeminineNeuterPlural
Nominative свобо́дный свобо́дная свобо́дное свобо́дные
Genitive свобо́дного свобо́дной свобо́дного свобо́дных
Dative свобо́дному свобо́дной свобо́дному свобо́дным
Accusativeinanimate свобо́дный свобо́дную свобо́дное свобо́дные
Accusativeanimate свобо́дного свобо́дную свобо́дное свобо́дных
Instrumental свобо́дным свобо́днойAlso accepted: свободноюLong feminine -ою/-ею is accepted but less frequent and often stylistically marked. свобо́дным свобо́дными
Prepositional свобо́дном свобо́дной свобо́дном свобо́дных

Family pattern

Why this family label fits

свободныйсвободнаясвободногосвободные

hard

Short forms

Predicate gender and number

Masculine свобо́ден Productive predicate form
Feminine свобо́дна Productive predicate form
Neuter свобо́дно Productive predicate form
Plural свобо́дны Productive predicate form

Comparison

Comparative and superlative strategies

Simple comparative свобо́днее

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

Government

Verified complement patterns

свободный от чего · Genitive Метод свободен от ошибок.

The method is free from errors.

Word formation

Base and derivation

Base type
Unknown

Stress and pronunciation

Say the stored paradigm

StemFixed

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