Adjective reference

ва́жный

important

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 важный
Case / profileMasculineFeminineNeuterPlural
Nominative ва́жный ва́жная ва́жное ва́жные
Genitive ва́жного ва́жной ва́жного ва́жных
Dative ва́жному ва́жной ва́жному ва́жным
Accusativeinanimate ва́жный ва́жную ва́жное ва́жные
Accusativeanimate ва́жного ва́жную ва́жное ва́жных
Instrumental ва́жным ва́жнойAlso accepted: важноюLong feminine -ою/-ею is accepted but less frequent and often stylistically marked. ва́жным ва́жными
Prepositional ва́жном ва́жной ва́жном ва́жных

Family pattern

Why this family label fits

важныйважнаяважноговажные

hard

Short forms

Predicate gender and number

Masculine ва́жен Productive predicate form
Feminine важна́ Productive predicate form
Neuter ва́жно Productive predicate form
Plural важны́ Productive predicate form

Comparison

Comparative and superlative strategies

Simple comparative важне́е

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 superlativeважне́йший

RelativeOrElative

Predicate use

Long and short choices

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

Government

Verified complement patterns

важный для кого/чего · Genitive Этот вопрос важен для студентов.

This question is important for students.

Word formation

Base and derivation

Base type
Unknown

Stress and pronunciation

Say the stored paradigm

StemFixed

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