Adjective reference

ти́хий

quiet

Velar 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 тихий
Case / profile	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Plural
Nominative	ти́хий	ти́хая	ти́хое	ти́хие
Genitive	ти́хого	ти́хой	ти́хого	ти́хих
Dative	ти́хому	ти́хой	ти́хому	ти́хим
Accusativeinanimate	ти́хий	ти́хую	ти́хое	ти́хие
Accusativeanimate	ти́хого	ти́хую	ти́хое	ти́хих
Instrumental	ти́хим	ти́хойAlso accepted: тихоюLong feminine -ою/-ею is accepted but less frequent and often stylistically marked.	ти́хим	ти́хими
Prepositional	ти́хом	ти́хой	ти́хом	ти́хих

Family pattern

тихийтихаятихоготихие

velar

Short forms

Masculine тих Productive predicate form

Feminine тиха́ Productive predicate form

Neuter ти́хо Productive predicate form

Plural ти́хи Productive predicate form

Comparison

Simple comparative ти́ше

Stored irregular 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 superlativeтиша́йший

RelativeOrElative

Predicate use

Word formation

Stress and pronunciation

StemFixed