Adjective reference

ве́рный

correct

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 верный
Case / profileMasculineFeminineNeuterPlural
Nominative ве́рный ве́рная ве́рное ве́рные
Genitive ве́рного ве́рной ве́рного ве́рных
Dative ве́рному ве́рной ве́рному ве́рным
Accusativeinanimate ве́рный ве́рную ве́рное ве́рные
Accusativeanimate ве́рного ве́рную ве́рное ве́рных
Instrumental ве́рным ве́рнойAlso accepted: верноюLong feminine -ою/-ею is accepted but less frequent and often stylistically marked. ве́рным ве́рными
Prepositional ве́рном ве́рной ве́рном ве́рных

Family pattern

Why this family label fits

верныйвернаяверноговерные

hard

Short forms

Predicate gender and number

Masculine ве́рен Productive predicate form
Feminine верна́ Productive predicate form
Neuter ве́рно Productive predicate form
Plural ве́рны Productive predicate form

Comparison

Comparative and superlative strategies

Simple comparative верне́е

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
Allowed
Secondary predicate
Allowed

Government

Verified complement patterns

верный кому/чему · Dative Он верен друзьям.

He is faithful to his friends.

Word formation

Base and derivation

Base type
Unknown

Stress and pronunciation

Say the stored paradigm

StemFixed

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