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Luthic has two grammatical constructions for expressing comparison: comparative and superlative. The suffixes ''-izo'' (the “comparative”) and ''-issimo'' (the “superlative”) are of Indo-European origin and are cognate with the Latin suffixes ''-ior'' and ''-issimus'' and Ancient Greek ''-ῑ́ων'' “-īōn” and ''-ῐστος'' “-istos”. This system also contains a number of irregular forms.
Luthic has two grammatical constructions for expressing comparison: comparative and superlative. The suffixes ''-izo'' (the “comparative”) and ''-issimo'' (the “superlative”) are of Indo-European origin and are cognate with the Latin suffixes [[wikt:-ior|''-ior'']] and [[wikt:-issimus|''-issimus'']] and Ancient Greek [[wikt:-ίων|''-ῑ́ων'']] (''-īōn'') and [[wikt:-ιστος|''-ῐστος'']] (''-istos''). This system also contains a number of irregular forms, mainly because of suppletion.


Regular examples are:
Regular examples are:
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* ''malo'' “bad” > ''vairsizo'' “worse”
* ''malo'' “bad” > ''vairsizo'' “worse”
* ''malo'' “bad” > ''vairsissimo'' “worst”
* ''malo'' “bad” > ''vairsissimo'' “worst”
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
|+ '''Comparative'''
|-
! Number
! Case
! o-stem <sup>m</sup>
! a-stem <sup>f</sup>
! o-stem <sup>n</sup>
|-
!rowspan=4| Singular
! {{small|nom.}}
| -izo
| -iza
| -izȯ
|-
! {{small|acc.}}
| -izȯ
| -iza
| -izȯ
|-
! {{small|dat.}}
| -izȧ
| -izȧ
| -izȧ
|-
! {{small|gen.}}
| -izi
| -izai
| -izi
|-
!rowspan=4| Plural
! {{small|nom.}}
| -izi
| -izai
| -iza
|-
! {{small|acc.}}
| -izos
| -izas
| -iza
|-
! {{small|dat.}}
| -izom
| -izam
| -izom
|-
! {{small|gen.}}
| -izoro
| -izaro
| -izoro
|}
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
|+ '''Superlative'''
|-
! Number
! Case
! o-stem <sup>m</sup>
! a-stem <sup>f</sup>
! o-stem <sup>n</sup>
|-
!rowspan=4| Singular
! {{small|nom.}}
| -issimo
| -issima
| -issimȯ
|-
! {{small|acc.}}
| -issimȯ
| -issima
| -issimȯ
|-
! {{small|dat.}}
| -issimȧ
| -issimȧ
| -issimȧ
|-
! {{small|gen.}}
| -issimi
| -issimai
| -issimi
|-
!rowspan=4| Plural
! {{small|nom.}}
| -issimi
| -issimai
| -issima
|-
! {{small|acc.}}
| -issimos
| -issimas
| -issima
|-
! {{small|dat.}}
| -issimom
| -issimam
| -issimom
|-
! {{small|gen.}}
| -issimoro
| -issimaro
| -issimoro
|}


===Numerals===
===Numerals===
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