Short Adjective Inquiry

[Inna Caron]

1) Can anyone tell me why sinii is the only color adjective to have a short
Form?

- What about Blok's "U sosedei okna zhOlty (sic)? 

2) Has anyone ever heard or seen (no pun intended) it used?  

- What instantly comes to mind is "sine more." Here is a sample reference,
from Afanas'ev's sobranie russkih skazok:

На исходе третьего года стал он силу пробовать, взялся за дуб в двадцать
пять обхватов, выдернул совсем с кореньем, поднял вверх и ударил о землю -
лес зашумел, земля затряслась, сине море взволновалося, а дуб пеплом
рассыпался. <Теперь никого не убоюсь!> - сказал Иван Затрубник и пошел
добывать царицу...>

3) And, finally,
especially for native speakers, have you ever had occasion to use it
yourself?

- It's pretty archaic, so I, for one, have never used it.


Inna Caron
Ph.D Candidate, Slavic Languages and Literatures
Graduate Senator (College of Humanities)
The Ohio State University
400 Hagerty Hall
Columbus, OH 43210
614-292-6733
caron.4 at osu.edu

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Subject: [SEELANGS] Short Adjective Inquiry

Can anyone tell me why sinii is the only color adjective to have a short
form associated with it--at least according to the grammars I've
consulted?  (sin', sinia, sine, sini)

Does it have anything to do with it being a soft-stem adjective?

Has anyone ever heard or seen (no pun intended) it used?  And, finally,
especially for native speakers, have you ever had occasion to use it
yourself?

Thanks,
Tony Vanchu

Dr. Anthony J. Vanchu
Director, JSC Language Education Center
TechTrans International, Inc.
NASA Johnson Space Center
Houston, TX
anthony.j.vanchu at nasa.gov
Phone:  (281) 483-0644
Fax:  (281) 483-4050

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