Verbal, prefixed, and compound sources
Adjectives can derive from verbs or from already complex bases, often naming disposition, possibility, result-like quality, or absence/presence.
- The boundary with participles is especially important and returns in Modules 3.20 and 3.22.
| Formation | Example | Meaning contribution |
|---|---|---|
| verb + -чив- | разгово́рчивый | inclined to talk |
| verb + -лив- | пугли́вый | inclined to take fright |
| verb + -к- | ло́мкий | liable to break |
| без- | безвре́дный | absence of harm |
| не- | нея́сный | lexical negated quality |
| сверх- | сверхмо́щный | beyond normal power |
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3.17 · Verbal, prefixed, and compound sources · table 1
verb + -чив- · разгово́рчивый · inclined to talkverb + -лив- · пугли́вый · inclined to take frightMini-check
What does без- contribute in безопа́сный? Why revisit deverbal forms later?
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- Say the Russian examples aloud, cover the model, and retrieve the pattern once before continuing.