Adjective reference

вре́дный

harmful

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 вредный
Case / profileMasculineFeminineNeuterPlural
Nominative вре́дный вре́дная вре́дное вре́дные
Genitive вре́дного вре́дной вре́дного вре́дных
Dative вре́дному вре́дной вре́дному вре́дным
Accusativeinanimate вре́дный вре́дную вре́дное вре́дные
Accusativeanimate вре́дного вре́дную вре́дное вре́дных
Instrumental вре́дным вре́днойAlso accepted: вредноюLong feminine -ою/-ею is accepted but less frequent and often stylistically marked. вре́дным вре́дными
Prepositional вре́дном вре́дной вре́дном вре́дных

Family pattern

Why this family label fits

вредныйвреднаявредноговредные

hard

Short forms

Predicate gender and number

Masculine вре́ден Productive predicate form
Feminine вредна́ Productive predicate form
Neuter вре́дно Productive predicate form
Plural вре́дны Productive predicate form

Comparison

Comparative and superlative strategies

Simple comparative вредне́е

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

вредный кому · Dative Дым вреден детям.

Smoke is harmful to children.

вредный для кого · Genitive Дым вреден для детей.

Smoke is harmful for children.

Word formation

Base and derivation

Base type
Unknown

Stress and pronunciation

Say the stored paradigm

StemFixed

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