Adjective reference

у́мный

clever

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 умный
Case / profileMasculineFeminineNeuterPlural
Nominative у́мный у́мная у́мное у́мные
Genitive у́много у́мной у́много у́мных
Dative у́мному у́мной у́мному у́мным
Accusativeinanimate у́мный у́мную у́мное у́мные
Accusativeanimate у́много у́мную у́мное у́мных
Instrumental у́мным у́мнойAlso accepted: умноюLong feminine -ою/-ею is accepted but less frequent and often stylistically marked. у́мным у́мными
Prepositional у́мном у́мной у́мном у́мных

Family pattern

Why this family label fits

умныйумнаяумногоумные

hard

Short forms

Predicate gender and number

Masculine умён Productive predicate form
Feminine умна́ Productive predicate form
Neuter умно́ Productive predicate form
Plural умны́ Productive predicate form

Comparison

Comparative and superlative strategies

Simple comparative умне́е

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 superlativeумне́йший

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
Unknown

Stress and pronunciation

Say the stored paradigm

StemFixed

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