-лый

Russian Etymology ru sla-pro *-lъ. Historically identical to the past tense suffix ru -л. Pronunciation Suffix ru suffix adjective-forming suffixes Suffix used to form adjectives, usually qualitative, from verbs and nouns. ru сметь to dare сме́лый daring, audacious, brave, courageous short accent c' ru круг circle кру́глый round short accent c' ru хрип wheeze хри́плый hoarse short accent a' ru пух fluff, originally breath пу́хлый swollen, plump short accent c Suffix used to form primary qualitative adjectives from adjectival roots, which may occur without the suffix in related words. ru ки́слый sour short accent c' (compare ru ки́снуть to turn sour) ru ту́хлый rotten and foul-smelling short accent c (compare ru ту́хнуть to turn sour) Declension -лый c' This suffix is not productive when forming primary adjectives, and may not be productive when forming adjectives from verbs and nouns. Adjectives with this suffix have short forms according to various accent patterns; types c', c and a' are the most common. Unlike ru -кий, the short forms are not reducible; no epenthetic vowel appears in the short masculine singular. See also ru -кий Suffix ru suffix adjective-forming suffixes Suffixed used to form adjectives from (normally intransitive) verbs with the meaning "having X'ed". ru горе́ть to burn (intransitive) горе́лый burnt ru блёкнуть to fade блёклый faded ru пре- старе́ть to become old престаре́лый aged Usage notes Adjectives with this suffix have no short forms. Short forms do theoretically exist and will be of class a (ru -л, -ла, -ло, -лы), but are usually avoided due to their similarity to past-tense forms of the underlying verb. Declension -лый See also ru -аный, ru -ёный, ru -еный used to form passive adjectives from transitive verbs