Questions & Answers about Собранный шкаф стоит у стены.
What kind of word is собранный?
Собранный is a full past passive participle from the verb собрать. In practice, it behaves a lot like an adjective and describes the noun шкаф.
So in собранный шкаф, it means something like assembled or put together, but grammatically it is still related to the verb собрать.
Is собранный шкаф basically the same as шкаф, который собрали?
Yes, very close.
Собранный шкаф is a more compact participial way to say:
- шкаф, который собрали
- or шкаф, который был собран
So Russian often uses a participle where English might use:
- the wardrobe that was assembled
- the assembled wardrobe
Why is it собранный, not собран?