The Instrumental Singular of Adjectives

Творительный падеж имён прилагательных (ед. число)

 

The Russian adjective changes according to gender, number and case.

An adjective qualifies its head-noun and agrees with it, i.e. it has the same gender, number and case.

 

Singular

Masculine

каким?

 Neuter

каким?

Feminine

какой?
  Feminine adjectives with the stem in ж, ш, ч, щ take the same ending as the adjectives with the stem in a hard consonant, if the ending is stressed.

новым  (домом)

новым  (зданием)

новой большой (комнатой)

-ым

-ой
Masculine and neuter adjectives with the stem in invariably ж, ш, ч, щ take the same ending as the adjectives with the stem in a soft consonant. Feminine adjectives with the stem in ж, ш, ч, щ take the same ending as the adjectives with the stem in a soft consonant, if the ending is unstressed.

большим хорошим синим  (домом)

большим хорошим синим (зданием)

хорошей синей (комнатой)

-им

-ей

 

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