-ый

Russian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɨj]

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic -ыи (-yi), displaced expected -ой (-oj) in unstressed positions, from Proto-Slavic *-ъ + *jь,[1] doublet of -о́й (-ój).

Alternative forms

Suffix

-ый • (-yjm

  1. masculine nominative singular adjective ending
  2. masculine inanimate accusative singular adjective ending
Declension

Etymology 2

The same as Etymology 1.

Alternative forms

Suffix

-ый • (-yj)

  1. -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
Derived terms
Russian terms suffixed with -ый
влаголюбивый
чешуекрылый

References

  1. ^ 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 []