Adjective reference

цветно́й

coloured

Stressed -ой · 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 цветной
Case / profileMasculineFeminineNeuterPlural
Nominative цветно́й цветна́я цветно́е цветны́е
Genitive цветно́го цветно́й цветно́го цветны́х
Dative цветно́му цветно́й цветно́му цветны́м
Accusativeinanimate цветно́й цветну́ю цветно́е цветны́е
Accusativeanimate цветно́го цветну́ю цветно́е цветны́х
Instrumental цветны́м цветно́йAlso accepted: цветноюLong feminine -ою/-ею is accepted but less frequent and often stylistically marked. цветны́м цветны́ми
Prepositional цветно́м цветно́й цветно́м цветны́х

Family pattern

Why this family label fits

цветнойцветнаяцветногоцветные

stressed_oy

Comparison

Comparative and superlative strategies

Simple comparative цветне́е

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
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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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