Adjective reference

у́зкий

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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 узкий
Case / profileMasculineFeminineNeuterPlural
Nominative у́зкий у́зкая у́зкое у́зкие
Genitive у́зкого у́зкой у́зкого у́зких
Dative у́зкому у́зкой у́зкому у́зким
Accusativeinanimate у́зкий у́зкую у́зкое у́зкие
Accusativeanimate у́зкого у́зкую у́зкое у́зких
Instrumental у́зким у́зкойAlso accepted: узкоюLong feminine -ою/-ею is accepted but less frequent and often stylistically marked. у́зким у́зкими
Prepositional у́зком у́зкой у́зком у́зких

Family pattern

Why this family label fits

узкийузкаяузкогоузкие

velar

Short forms

Predicate gender and number

Masculine у́зок Productive predicate form
Feminine узка́ Productive predicate form
Neuter у́зко Productive predicate form
Plural у́зки Productive predicate form

Comparison

Comparative and superlative strategies

Simple comparative у́же

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
Allowed
Secondary predicate
Allowed

Word formation

Base and derivation

Base type
Unknown

Stress and pronunciation

Say the stored paradigm

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