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===Adjectives===

Attributive adjectives agree in number, definiteness, gender and possessedness with their heads~~. The possessum state indicates that the adjective modifies a noun with a possessive suffix~~. Nouns that describe an attribute may also be used as adjectives.

Attributive adjectives agree in number, definiteness, gender and possessedness with their heads. Nouns that describe an attribute may also be used as adjectives.

Predicate adjectives are declined differently than attributive adjectives (that modify non-predicate nouns); predicative adjectives carry the downstep on a non-final syllable, while the attributive adjectives have to agree with the downstep of the noun. Predicate adjectives can be used as complements of certain verbs (with meanings of being or change of state, or causing a change of state) and as non-restrictive appositional adjectives.

In poetry the possessive suffix may be attached to the adjective in a noun-adjective phrase while the head noun takes the possessum form of the adjective.

The possessum state indicates that the adjective modifies a noun with a possessive suffix. In poetry the possessive suffix may be attached to the adjective in a noun-adjective phrase while the head noun takes the possessum form of the adjective.

Adjectives also take degree inflection (positive, "less/least", "more/most", elative, "X enough", "too X").

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 ===Adjectives===
-Attributive adjectives agree in number, definiteness, gender and possessedness with their heads. The possessum state indicates that the adjective modifies a noun with a possessive suffix. Nouns that describe an attribute may also be used as adjectives.
+Attributive adjectives agree in number, definiteness, gender and possessedness with their heads. Nouns that describe an attribute may also be used as adjectives.
 Predicate adjectives are declined differently than attributive adjectives (that modify non-predicate nouns); predicative adjectives carry the downstep on a non-final syllable, while the attributive adjectives have to agree with the downstep of the noun. Predicate adjectives can be used as complements of certain verbs (with meanings of being or change of state, or causing a change of state) and as non-restrictive appositional adjectives.
-In poetry the possessive suffix may be attached to the adjective in a noun-adjective phrase while the head noun takes the possessum form of the adjective.
+The possessum state indicates that the adjective modifies a noun with a possessive suffix. In poetry the possessive suffix may be attached to the adjective in a noun-adjective phrase while the head noun takes the possessum form of the adjective.
 Adjectives also take degree inflection (positive, "less/least", "more/most", elative, "X enough", "too X").