Adjective reference

це́нный

valuable

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 ценный
Case / profileMasculineFeminineNeuterPlural
Nominative це́нный це́нная це́нное це́нные
Genitive це́нного це́нной це́нного це́нных
Dative це́нному це́нной це́нному це́нным
Accusativeinanimate це́нный це́нную це́нное це́нные
Accusativeanimate це́нного це́нную це́нное це́нных
Instrumental це́нным це́ннойAlso accepted: ценноюLong feminine -ою/-ею is accepted but less frequent and often stylistically marked. це́нным це́нными
Prepositional це́нном це́нной це́нном це́нных

Family pattern

Why this family label fits

ценныйценнаяценногоценные

hard

Short forms

Predicate gender and number

Masculine це́нен Productive predicate form
Feminine це́нна Productive predicate form
Neuter це́нно Productive predicate form
Plural це́нны Productive predicate form

Comparison

Comparative and superlative strategies

Simple comparative ценне́е

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.

Synthetic superlativeценне́йший

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
Noun
Base lemma
цена
Derivation
цен-а + -н- → ценный

Orthography

Stored spelling notes

  • Stem-final н plus suffix -н- produces нн; masculine short ценен separates the consonants with a fleeting vowel.

Stress and pronunciation

Say the stored paradigm

StemFixed

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