Лисичка съедобная.

edible

Breakdown of Лисичка съедобная.

• лисичка: the chanterelle

Questions & Answers about Лисичка съедобная.

Why is there no word for is in Лисичка съедобная?

In Russian, the verb to be is usually omitted in the present tense.

So:

• Лисичка съедобная. = The chanterelle is edible.

This is completely normal Russian. If you wanted past or future, Russian would use a form of to be:

• Лисичка была съедобная. = The chanterelle was edible.
• Лисичка будет съедобная. = The chanterelle will be edible.

In the present tense, Russian normally just leaves it out.

Why does съедобная end in -ая?

Because it agrees with лисичка, which is a feminine singular noun.

Russian adjectives must match the noun in:

• gender
• number
• case

Here:

• лисичка is feminine singular
• so the adjective must also be feminine singular
• therefore: съедобная

Compare:

• гриб съедобный — masculine
• лисичка съедобная — feminine
• яблоко съедобное — neuter
• грибы съедобные — plural

What case is лисичка in here?

It is in the nominative case.

This sentence is basically an X is Y sentence:

• Лисичка = the subject
• съедобная = what is being said about it

Dictionary forms are usually nominative, and both words here are in that basic form.