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Color adjectives follow a different declension: áhmir 'red' has f.sg. and pl. hámrə. Loan adjectives (such as -əX adjectives from Irish) have unmarked feminine singular forms. | Color adjectives follow a different declension: áhmir 'red' has f.sg. and pl. hámrə. Loan adjectives (such as -əX adjectives from Irish) have unmarked feminine singular forms. | ||
Predicative adjectives and adverbs formed from adjectives use kəl-/kəL-(moon) or kəC-(sun) followed by the masculine sg. form of the adjective. An alternative construction for adverbs is ''bitrō [ADJ.m.sg]'', from ''b-'' 'instrumental' + Irish ''treo'' 'direction'. | Predicative adjectives and adverbs formed from adjectives use kəl-/kəL-(moon) or kəC-(sun) followed by the masculine sg. form of the adjective. An alternative construction for adverbs, common in written language, is ''bitrō [ADJ.m.sg]'', from ''b-'' 'instrumental' + Irish ''treo'' 'direction'. | ||
In adjectives ending in non-emphatic ''r'' in the masculine form, the feminine and plural form takes emphatic ''R'': ''GəSī́r'' 'short (m.sg.)' → ''GəSī́Rə'' (f.sg. or pl.). | In adjectives ending in non-emphatic ''r'' in the masculine form, the feminine and plural form takes emphatic ''R'': ''GəSī́r'' 'short (m.sg.)' → ''GəSī́Rə'' (f.sg. or pl.). | ||