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Most loan adjectives have unmarked feminine singular forms. For loan adjectives, the emphaticness of the plural may differ from the m.sg.: ''oifigem{{cda}}ail'' /ofi'g{{adv}}ew{{uvu}}:ə'''l'''/ (m. and f.sg), ''oifigemala'' /ofi'g{{adv}}ew{{uvu}}'''l{{uvu}}'''ə/ (pl) 'official'. | Most loan adjectives have unmarked feminine singular forms. For loan adjectives, the emphaticness of the plural may differ from the m.sg.: ''oifigem{{cda}}ail'' /ofi'g{{adv}}ew{{uvu}}:ə'''l'''/ (m. and f.sg), ''oifigemala'' /ofi'g{{adv}}ew{{uvu}}'''l{{uvu}}'''ə/ (pl) 'official'. | ||
Color adjectives follow a different declension: | Color adjectives follow a different declension: ''aħmir'' 'red' has f.sg. and pl. ''ħamre''. Color adjectives from Irish do use the plural form as the feminine singular: ''celb lìaṫ'' /cɛlb liɐh/ 'a gray dog', ''moȝze liaṫ'''a''''' /moɐzə liɐhə/ 'a gray goat'. | ||
Adverbs formed from adjectives use cel-/cel{{cll}}-(moon) or ceC-(sun) followed by the masculine sg. form of the adjective. An alternative construction for adverbs, common in written language, is ''be treò'' [ADJ.m.sg] or ''be sliġe'' /bəʃliːjə/ [ADJ.f.sg], from ''be'' 'instrumental' + Irish ''treo'' 'direction'/''sliġe'' 'way'. | Adverbs formed from adjectives use ''cel-/cel{{cll}}-'' (moon) or ''ceC-'' (sun) followed by the masculine sg. form of the adjective. An alternative construction for adverbs, common in written language, is ''be treò'' [ADJ.m.sg] or ''be sliġe'' /bəʃliːjə/ [ADJ.f.sg], from ''be'' 'instrumental' + Irish ''treo'' 'direction'/''sliġe'' 'way'. | ||
In adjectives ending in non-emphatic ''r'' in the masculine form, the feminine and plural form takes emphatic ''R'': ''g{{cll}}as{{cll}}ìr'' (''GəSī́r'') 'short (m.sg.)', ''g{{cll}}as{{cll}}ìra'' (''GəSī́Rə'') 'short (f.sg. or pl.)'. | In adjectives ending in non-emphatic ''r'' in the masculine form, the feminine and plural form takes emphatic ''R'': ''g{{cll}}as{{cll}}ìr'' (''GəSī́r'') 'short (m.sg.)', ''g{{cll}}as{{cll}}ìra'' (''GəSī́Rə'') 'short (f.sg. or pl.)'. | ||