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===Adjectives=== | |||
In Luthic, an adjective can be placed before or after the noun. The [[w:Markedness|unmarked]] placement for most adjectives is after the noun. Placing the adjective after the noun can alter its meaning or indicate [[w:Restrictiveness|restrictiveness]] of reference. | |||
* ''Aino buoco rosso'' “a red book” (unmarked) | |||
* ''Aino rosso buoco'' “a book that is red” (marked) | |||
Adjectives are inflected for case, gender and number, the paradigmata are identical to the nominal paradigmata. | |||
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" | |||
|- | |||
! Number | |||
! Case | |||
! o-stem <sup>m</sup> | |||
! a-stem <sup>f</sup> | |||
! o-stem <sup>n</sup> | |||
! i-stem <sup>unm</sup> | |||
! r-stem <sup>unm</sup> | |||
|- | |||
!rowspan=4| Singular | |||
! {{small|nom.}} | |||
| rosso | |||
| rossa | |||
| rossȯ | |||
| felice | |||
| polchar | |||
|- | |||
! {{small|acc.}} | |||
| rossȯ | |||
| rossa | |||
| rossȯ | |||
| felice | |||
| polchare | |||
|- | |||
! {{small|dat.}} | |||
| rossȧ | |||
| rossȧ | |||
| rossȧ | |||
| felici | |||
| polchari | |||
|- | |||
! {{small|gen.}} | |||
| rossi | |||
| rossai | |||
| rossi | |||
| felici | |||
| polchari | |||
|- | |||
!rowspan=4| Plural | |||
! {{small|nom.}} | |||
| rossi | |||
| rossai | |||
| rossa | |||
| felici | |||
| polchari | |||
|- | |||
! {{small|acc.}} | |||
| rossos | |||
| rossas | |||
| rossa | |||
| felices | |||
| polchares | |||
|- | |||
! {{small|dat.}} | |||
| rossom | |||
| rossam | |||
| rossom | |||
| felicivo | |||
| polcharivo | |||
|- | |||
! {{small|gen.}} | |||
| rossoro | |||
| rossaro | |||
| rossoro | |||
| felicem | |||
| polcharem | |||
|} | |||
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. | |||