Adjective reference

то́нкий

thin/fine

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 тонкий
Case / profileMasculineFeminineNeuterPlural
Nominative то́нкий то́нкая то́нкое то́нкие
Genitive то́нкого то́нкой то́нкого то́нких
Dative то́нкому то́нкой то́нкому то́нким
Accusativeinanimate то́нкий то́нкую то́нкое то́нкие
Accusativeanimate то́нкого то́нкую то́нкое то́нких
Instrumental то́нким то́нкойAlso accepted: тонкоюLong feminine -ою/-ею is accepted but less frequent and often stylistically marked. то́нким то́нкими
Prepositional то́нком то́нкой то́нком то́нких

Family pattern

Why this family label fits

тонкийтонкаятонкоготонкие

velar

Comparison

Comparative and superlative strategies

Simple comparative то́ньше

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.

Predicate use

Long and short choices

Attributive long
Allowed
Predicate long nominative
Allowed
Predicate long instrumental
Allowed
Predicate short
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Secondary predicate
Allowed

Word formation

Base and derivation

Base type
Unknown

Stress and pronunciation

Say the stored paradigm

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