Корінь мокрий.

wet

Breakdown of Корінь мокрий.

• корінь: the root

Questions & Answers about Корінь мокрий.

Why is there no word for is in Корінь мокрий?

In Ukrainian, the verb to be is usually left out in the present tense.

So:

• Корінь мокрий. = The root is wet.

This is completely normal Ukrainian.
If you said the same thing in the past or future, a form of бути would appear:

• Корінь був мокрий. = The root was wet.
• Корінь буде мокрий. = The root will be wet.

So the missing is is not an omission or slang — it is standard grammar.

Why is мокрий at the end? Doesn’t Ukrainian usually put adjectives before nouns?

Adjectives often do come before nouns in Ukrainian when they directly describe a noun:

• мокрий корінь = a wet root / the wet root

But in Корінь мокрий, the adjective is not just attached to the noun — it is acting as the predicate of the sentence:

• Корінь мокрий. = The root is wet.

So the difference is:

• мокрий корінь = a noun phrase, wet root
• корінь мокрий = a full sentence, the root is wet

This is a very important distinction.

Why does мокрий have this ending?