Adjectives
OCS adjectives can be in two forms: short and long, corresponding to indefinite and definite meaning respectively. The long form is generally used only attributively, whereas the short form is predicative in nature. So, e.g., člověkъ dobrъ "a good man, man is good" whilst člověkъ dobryi "the good man, the man who is good".
Indefinite adjectives are inflected as the corresponding nouns of the primary declension, e.g., novъ as rabъ, nova as žena, novo as selo, ništь as vračь, ništa as duša, nište as polje.
Definite adjectives (also known as compound, long, or pronominal forms of adjective) are formed by suffixing to the indefinite form the anaphoric third-person pronoun jь (spelled as i in OCS orthography), ja, je as shown in the table.
N |
novъ + i (jь) = novъjь > novyi |
nova + ja = novaja |
G |
nova + jego = novajego |
novy + jeję = novyję |
D |
novu + jemu = novujemu |
nově + jei = nověi |
A |
novъ + i (jь) = novъjь > novyi |
novǫ + jǫ = novǫjǫ |
L |
nově + jemь = novějemь |
nově + jei = nověi |
I |
novomь + imь = novъimь > novyimь |
novojǫ + jejǫ = novojǫ, novǫjǫ |
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N, A |
nova + ja = novaja |
nově + i = nověi |
G, L |
novu + jeju = novuju |
novu + jeju = novuju |
D, I |
novoma + ima = novyima |
novoma + ima = novyima |
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N |
novi + (j)i = novii |
novy + ję = novyję |
G |
novъ + ixъ = novyixъ |
novъ + ixъ = novyixъ |
D |
novomъ + imъ = novyimъ |
novamъ + imъ = novyimъ |
A |
novy + ję = novyję |
novy + ję = novyję |
L |
nověxъ + ixъ = novyixъ |
novaxъ + ixъ = novyixъ |
I |
novy + imi = novyimi |
novami + imi = novyimi |
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