Adjective reference

живо́й

lively/animated/vivid

Stressed -ой · 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 живой
Case / profileMasculineFeminineNeuterPlural
Nominative живо́й жива́я живо́е живы́е
Genitive живо́го живо́й живо́го живы́х
Dative живо́му живо́й живо́му живы́м
Accusativeinanimate живо́й живу́ю живо́е живы́е
Accusativeanimate живо́го живу́ю живо́е живы́х
Instrumental живы́м живо́йAlso accepted: живоюLong feminine -ою/-ею is accepted but less frequent and often stylistically marked. живы́м живы́ми
Prepositional живо́м живо́й живо́м живы́х

Family pattern

Why this family label fits

живойживаяживогоживые

stressed_oy

Comparison

Comparative and superlative strategies

Simple comparative живе́е

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
NotNormallyUsed
Secondary predicate
Allowed

Word formation

Base and derivation

Base type
Unknown

Stress and pronunciation

Say the stored paradigm

EndingFixed

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