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Russian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic -ыи (-yi), displaced native -ой (-oj) in unstressed positions, from Proto-Slavic *-ъjь, Doublet of -о́й (-ój).
Suffix
-ый • (-yj) m
- masculine nominative singular adjective ending
- masculine inanimate accusative singular adjective ending
Declension
Declension of -ый (unknown short forms)
Etymology 2
The same as Etymology 1.
Suffix
-ый • (-yj)
- -ed
- одно- (odno-, “one”) + глаз (glaz, “eye”) + -ый (-yj) → одногла́зый (odnoglázyj, “one-eyed”)
- све́тлый (svétlyj, “light”) + во́лос (vólos, “hair”) + -ый (-yj) → светловоло́сый (svetlovolósyj, “light-haired”)
- без- (bez-, “without”) + зуб (zub, “tooth”) + -ый (-yj) → беззу́бый (bezzúbyj, “toothless”, literally “no-toothed”)
Usage notes
- This suffix is used particularly with two-part compounds, where the second part normally refers to a body part.
- The stress is drawn onto the preceding syllable.
- These adjectives consistently have short forms of accent pattern a.
- The suffix has the variant -ий (-ij) used particularly after velars (к г х) due to Russian spelling rules.
Declension
Declension of -ый (short class a)
Derived terms