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Adjectives in ''-rCi'' or ''-lCi'' (<small>-ER</small> in Latin) form the superlative in ''-iarim'', e.g. ''charilbi'' → ''ciribiarim'' "most famous".<br/> | Adjectives in ''-rCi'' or ''-lCi'' (<small>-ER</small> in Latin) form the superlative in ''-iarim'', e.g. ''charilbi'' → ''ciribiarim'' "most famous".<br/> | ||
Adjectives in ''-iri'' (<small>-ILIS</small> in Latin) form the superlative in ''-ilyim'', e.g. ''faxiri'' "easy" → ''faxilyim'' "easiest". | Adjectives in ''-iri'' (<small>-ILIS</small> in Latin) form the superlative in ''-ilyim'', e.g. ''faxiri'' "easy" → ''faxilyim'' "easiest". | ||
=====Irregular forms===== | |||
Some adjectives exclusively have synthetic forms which are irregular or suppletive. Often, Rumonian replaced the positive grade with a different adjective, similar to other Romance languages (as in <small>PRESSUM, VETULUM, MINŪTUM</small> instead of <small>PROPINQUUM, SENEM, PARVUM</small>), but kept the irregular forms, adding more suppletion. | |||
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!bgcolor="EFEFEF" style="text-align: center" rowspan="15"|Adjective||Positive||bgcolor="EFEFEF"|Comparative||bgcolor="EFEFEF"|Superlative | |||
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| ''bon'' <small>(dial. ''buan'')</small> (good')|| ''milyuri'' (better)|| ''utim'' <small>(dial. ''oitim, autim'')</small> (best) | |||
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| ''mal'' (bad, evil')|| ''pijuri'' (worse)|| ''pesim'' (worst) | |||
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| ''grandi'' (great, large)|| ''mojuri'' (greater)|| ''maxim'' (greatest) | |||
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| ''minuṭ'' <small>(dial. ''parv'')</small> (small)|| ''minuri'' (lesser)|| ''minim'' (least) | |||
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| ''murt'' <small>(dial. ''mult'')</small> (much, many) || prus (more)|| ''plurim'' (most) | |||
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| ''press'' (near, close)|| ''prupiuri'' (nearer)|| ''proxim'' (nearest, next) | |||
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| ''postir'' (next, future, following)|| ''postiriuri'' (later)|| ''postrim'' (last, latest) | |||
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| ''vialt'' <small>(dial. ''velt'')</small> (old, aged)|| ''sinyuri'' <small>(or an. ''prus vialt'')</small> (older, elder)|| ''sinissim'' ('oldest, eldest') | |||
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| ''juvini'' (young, youthful)|| ''junyuri'' <small>(or an. ''prus juvini'')</small> (younger) || ''junissim'' ('youngest') | |||
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===Articles, demonstratives, and possessives=== | ===Articles, demonstratives, and possessives=== | ||