-атый

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See also: ятый

Russian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic -атъ (-atŭ), from Proto-Slavic *-atъ.

Pronunciation

Suffix

-атый or -а́тый (-atyj or -átyj)

  1. Suffix used to form adjectives from nouns, meaning "having X".
    во́лос (vólos, hair) + ‎-а́тый (-átyj) → ‎волоса́тый (volosátyj, hairy)
    крыло́ (kryló, wing) + ‎-а́тый (-átyj) → ‎крыла́тый (krylátyj, winged)
    рог (rog, horn) + ‎-а́тый (-átyj) → ‎рога́тый (rogátyj, horned)
    решётка (rešótka, grid, lattice) + ‎-атый (-atyj) → ‎решётчатый (rešótčatyj, latticed)
    язы́к (jazýk, tongue) + ‎-а́тый (-átyj) → ‎языка́тый (jazykátyj, sharp-tongued) (colloquial)

Usage notes

This suffix sometimes palatalises -к- (внук (vnuk)внуча́тый (vnučátyj)), and sometimes doesn't (язы́к (jazýk)языка́тый (jazykátyj)); however, it never palatalises -г-.

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