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The comparative and superlative are formed with the suffixes ''-ier'' and ''-ьst'' (k, g, ch + -ьst > -czt, -żt, -szt; cz, ż, sz + -ьst > -czt, -żt, -szt; d/t/z/s + -ьst > d/t/z/s + -iest): ''svát, svátier, svátiest'' 'sweet, sweeter, sweetest'. The same applies for loaned adjectives: ''ruhoní, ruhoníer, ruhoníst'' 'spiritual, more spiritual, most spiritual'. | The comparative and superlative are formed with the suffixes ''-ier'' and ''-ьst'' (k, g, ch + -ьst > -czt, -żt, -szt; cz, ż, sz + -ьst > -czt, -żt, -szt; d/t/z/s + -ьst > d/t/z/s + -iest): ''svát, svátier, svátiest'' 'sweet, sweeter, sweetest'. The same applies for loaned adjectives: ''ruhoní, ruhoníer, ruhoníst'' 'spiritual, more spiritual, most spiritual'. | ||
Predicate forms for superlatives are rare: usually ''þe/þí X-ste'' is used predicatively. Example: ''Mín tat isь þe baste'' = 'My dad is the best' | Predicate forms for superlatives are rare: usually ''þe/þí X-ste'' is used predicatively. Example: ''Mín tat isь þe baste'' = 'My dad is the best'. When used adverbially, superlatives do not have an ending. | ||
''svinþ'' = 'very' | ''svinþ'' = 'very' | ||
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| ''gád'', ''vial'' (adv.) | | ''gád'', ''vial'' (adv.) | ||
| ''batier'' | | ''batier'' | ||
| '' | | ''baste'' | ||
|- | |- | ||
! "bad" | ! "bad" | ||
| ''druk'' | | ''druk'' | ||
| ''virsier*'' | | ''virsier*'' | ||
| '' | | ''virьste*'' | ||
|- | |- | ||
! "much, many" | ! "much, many" | ||
| ''miczel, micz'' (not declined) | | ''miczel, micz'' (not declined) | ||
| ''mýr'' | | ''mýr'' | ||
| '' | | ''mýste'' | ||
|- | |- | ||
! "few, little" | ! "few, little" | ||
| ''fó'' | | ''fó'' | ||
| ''miénier'' | | ''miénier'' | ||
| '' | | ''miénьste'' | ||
|} | |} | ||