Appendix:Russian stress patterns - adjectives
According to the classification system of Andrey Zaliznyak (Андре́й Зализня́к) there are 3 stress patterns of Russian adjectives’ declension, with 4 variants.
| The Stress Falls on: | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pattern Letter | a | a' | b | b' | c | c' | c'' |
| feminine short form | stem | ending or stem | ending | ending | ending | ending | ending |
| neuter short form | stem | stem | ending | ending | stem | stem | stem or ending |
| plural short form | stem | stem | ending | ending or stem | stem | stem or ending | stem or ending |
| Example | удо́бный (udóbnyj) | чёткий (čótkij) | смешно́й (smešnój) | све́жий (svéžij) | до́лгий (dólgij) | ти́хий (tíxij) | хи́трый (xítryj) |