-ой
Russian
Alternative forms
- -ый (-yj) — unstressed
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-ъ + *jь.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [oj]
Suffix
-о́й • (-ój) m
- masculine nominative singular adjective ending
Declension
Declension of -ой
| masculine | neuter | feminine | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | -о́й -ój |
-о́е -óje |
-а́я -ája |
-ы́е -ýje | |
| genitive | -о́го -óvo |
-о́й -ój |
-ы́х -ýx | ||
| dative | -о́му -ómu |
-о́й -ój |
-ы́м -ým | ||
| accusative | animate | -о́го -óvo |
-о́е -óje |
-у́ю -úju |
-ы́х -ýx |
| inanimate | -о́й -ój |
-ы́е -ýje | |||
| instrumental | -ы́м -ým |
-о́й, -о́ю -ój, -óju |
-ы́ми -ými | ||
| prepositional | -о́м -óm |
-о́й -ój |
-ы́х -ýx | ||
References
- ^ Wandl, Florian (November 2022) “Trapped morphology and the rise of the Slavic definite adjective inflection: a reexamination”, in Folia Linguistica, volume 56, number s43-s1, pages 1-2, 15: “[…] the definite adjective inflection of Slavic. This type of inflection arose when a pronoun with the stem *j- attached at the right edge of an adjective. […] cf. nom.sg.m *-ъ-jь/*-ь-jь → *-ъjь/*-ьjь […]”