Adjective reference
ве́рный
correct
Long forms
Case, number, gender, and animacy
These are explicit stored profiles. Accusative animate and inanimate forms are kept separate.
| Case / profile | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Plural |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
Comparison
Comparative and superlative strategies
Stored comparative form
Available where the stored lexical restrictions permit it.
The agreeing adjective form follows самый.
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
He is faithful to his friends.
Word formation
Base and derivation
- Base type
- Unknown
Stress and pronunciation
Say the stored paradigm
StemFixed