Talk:должен

1. Shouldn't должен be an adjective, not a predicative? Predicatives are normally invariable, and Zaliznyak says this is an adjective, not a predicative. 2. What are the short forms listed at должный? They don't have the same stress as должен, and Zaliznyak says должный has no short forms. Benwing2 (talk) 22:32, 5 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Zaliznyak is right in that and  are separate lexemes with complementary meaning; they do not intervene.  refers, in literary usage, to something that is to be done, and  can never be understood as its short form, so it shouldn’t be in the entry. Only  exists – as an adverb. Guldrelokk (talk) 23:05, 5 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Yes, должен is an adjective, до́лжно is a predicative.--Cinemantique (talk) 01:10, 6 May 2018 (UTC)

(list of short adjectives moved to Module talk:ru-adjective)