Adjective reference

забо́тливый

caring

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 заботливый
Case / profileMasculineFeminineNeuterPlural
Nominative забо́тливый забо́тливая забо́тливое забо́тливые
Genitive забо́тливого забо́тливой забо́тливого забо́тливых
Dative забо́тливому забо́тливой забо́тливому забо́тливым
Accusativeinanimate забо́тливый забо́тливую забо́тливое забо́тливые
Accusativeanimate забо́тливого забо́тливую забо́тливое забо́тливых
Instrumental забо́тливым забо́тливойAlso accepted: заботливоюLong feminine -ою/-ею is accepted but less frequent and often stylistically marked. забо́тливым забо́тливыми
Prepositional забо́тливом забо́тливой забо́тливом забо́тливых

Family pattern

Why this family label fits

заботливыйзаботливаязаботливогозаботливые

hard

Comparison

Comparative and superlative strategies

Simple comparative забо́тливее

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
ManualReview
Secondary predicate
Allowed

Word formation

Base and derivation

Base type
Noun
Base lemma
забота
Derivation
забота + -лив- → заботливый

Orthography

Stored spelling notes

  • Productive -лив- suffix is written with и.

Stress and pronunciation

Say the stored paradigm

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