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===Adjectives=== | ===Adjectives=== | ||
Attributive adjectives agree in number, definiteness, gender and possessedness with their heads. Adjectival declension disagrees with nouns in | Attributive adjectives agree in number, definiteness, gender and possessedness with their heads. Adjectival declension disagrees with nouns in the following ways: | ||
*Absolute possessive form of adjectives modifies the conjunct possessive of nouns. | |||
*Indefinite attributive adjectives do not agree in possession. | |||
Predicate adjectives are declined differently than attributive adjectives. | |||
Adjectives also take degree inflection (positive, "less/least", "more/most", elative, "X enough", "too X"). Adjectives exhibit tonal ablaut like those of nouns. | |||
====Declension==== | ====Declension==== | ||
Adjectives are either declined in 1st declension in the masculine and the 2nd for feminine, or the 3rd declension for masculine and 2nd for feminine with an extra suffix ''-m-'' added between the stem and the ending. | Adjectives are either declined in 1st declension in the masculine and the 2nd for feminine, or the 3rd declension for masculine and 2nd for feminine with an extra suffix ''-m-'' added between the stem and the ending. | ||
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====Adverb formation==== | ====Adverb formation==== | ||
The adverbial suffix is ''-ar'', and it can mean "[adjective]ly", or "like a [noun]" (latter meaning is less productive). | The adverbial suffix is ''-ar'', and it can mean "[adjective]ly", or "like a [noun]" (latter meaning is less productive). | ||
===Pronouns=== | ===Pronouns=== | ||
====Personal==== | ====Personal==== | ||