Adjective reference

во́лчий

wolf's/wolf

Possessive -ий ยท Possessive

Long forms

Case, number, gender, and animacy

These are explicit stored profiles. Accusative animate and inanimate forms are kept separate.

Long-form paradigm for волчий
Case / profileMasculineFeminineNeuterPlural
Nominative во́лчийAnimal possessive, relational, and characteristic readings require sense review. во́лчья во́лчье во́лчьи
Genitive во́лчьего во́лчьей во́лчьего во́лчьих
Dative во́лчьему во́лчьей во́лчьему во́лчьим
Accusativeinanimate во́лчий во́лчью во́лчье во́лчьи
Accusativeanimate во́лчьего во́лчью во́лчье во́лчьих
Instrumental во́лчьим во́лчьейAlso accepted: волчьею во́лчьим во́лчьими
Prepositional во́лчьем во́лчьей во́лчьем во́лчьих

Family pattern

Why this family label fits

волчийволчьяволчьеговолчьи

possessive_iji

Predicate use

Long and short choices

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

Word formation

Base and derivation

Base type
Unknown

Possessive / mixed pattern

Iji

LexicallyProductiveAnimalFamily

Lowercase.

Stress and pronunciation

Say the stored paradigm

StemFixed

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