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Russian Pronunciation Etymology 1 ru cu -ыи, displaced expected ru -ой in unstressed positions, from ru sla-pro - sla-pro *-ъ + sla-pro *jь, Folia Linguistica Wandl Florian 2022 November Trapped morphology and the rise of the Slavic definite adjective inflection: a reexamination https://www.zora.uzh.ch/id/eprint/218334/1/Wandl_2022_DefAdjInflection.pdf 56 s43-s1 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 https://web.archive.org/web/20240901203750/https://www.zora.uzh.ch/id/eprint/218334/1/Wandl_2022_DefAdjInflection.pdf 1 September 2024 ru -о́й y. Alternative forms ru -о́й Suffix ru suffix m masculine nominative singular adjective ending masculine inanimate accusative singular adjective ending Declension -ый Etymology 2 The same as Etymology 1. Alternative forms ru -ий Suffix ru suffix adjective-forming suffixes -ed ru одно- one глаз eye одногла́зый one-eyed ru све́тлый light во́лос hair светловоло́сый light-haired ru без- without зуб tooth беззу́бый toothless 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 ru -ий used particularly after velar velars (ru к г х) due to Russian spelling rules. Declension -ый a Derived terms ru References