Rwbmwdqwg: Difference between revisions
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
m (→Adjectives) Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit |
m (→Adjectives) Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit |
||
| Line 520: | Line 520: | ||
=== Adjectives === | === Adjectives === | ||
Adjectives became a separate morphological part of speech from nouns under Irish influence. Adjectives | Adjectives became a separate morphological part of speech from nouns under Irish influence. Adjectives agree in definiteness, like in Arabic but unlike in Irish. | ||
Most native non-nisba adjectives have the same declension: m. sg. -0, f. sg. ''-a/e'', pl. ''-a/e''. Nisba adjectives decline as ''-ì, -ìje, -ìje'' (-i -ī́jə -ī́jə). All adjectives have an ''-a/-e'' plural; this comes from Arabic broken plurals taking feminine singular agreement, and spread to all plural adjectives under the influence of Irish plural ''-a/-e'' for adjectives. | Most native non-nisba adjectives have the same declension: m. sg. -0, f. sg. ''-a/e'', pl. ''-a/e''. Nisba adjectives decline as ''-ì, -ìje, -ìje'' (-i -ī́jə -ī́jə). All adjectives have an ''-a/-e'' plural; this comes from Arabic broken plurals taking feminine singular agreement, and spread to all plural adjectives under the influence of Irish plural ''-a/-e'' for adjectives. | ||