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 * Feminine nouns in '''-æt''' (< Latin ''-itate'') change this final ''t'' into ''ð'' in declined forms, e.g. '''frjæt''' "truth": frjæt - frjæðir - frjæðla - frjæðillar;
 * As seen in ''frjæt'', feminine nouns ending in a consonant have ''i'' as the thematic vowel for plural forms, e.g. ''forbindasj'' (''-asj'' < Lat. ''-ātiō'') "connection": forbindasj - forbindasjir - forbindasjla - forbindasjillar.
+===Adjectives===
+Wendlandish has two adjectival declensions, one that differentiates between masculine and feminine in the singular, and another one that doesn't:
+{| class="wikitable"
+|-
+! rowspan=2 | !! colspan=2 | 1st declension !! 2nd declension
+|-
+! Masculine !! Feminine !! Masculine and Feminine
+|-
+! Singular
+| kælt <small>''"hot"''</small> || kælt'''a''' || rjal <small>''"real"''</small>
+|-
+! Plural
+| colspan=2 align=center | kælt'''s''' || rjal'''ir'''
+|}
+Note that many adjectives of the 1st declension with '''i''' change this vowel into '''u''' in the feminine, deriving from Latin ''o'', e.g. '''bin''' "good": bin (m. sg.) - buna (f. sg.) - bints (pl.). As this example shows, ''ns'' becomes ''nts'' in all such plurals.
+st declension plurals are always written by adding an ''s'' to the masculine singular, but sometimes, in clusters, there are pronunciation changes, as the original last consonant is never pronounced (in a few cases such as ''-mb'' it never is even in the singular). Some examples:
+: '''muld''' "new": muld [ˈmul(d)] - mulda [ˈmuːlda] - mulds [ˈmuls]
+: '''durf''' "cool" (colloquial): durf [ˈduɐ̯f] - durfa [ˈduːɐ̯fa] - durfs [ˈduɐ̯s]
+: '''lymb''' "beautiful": lymb [ˈlʏm] - limba [ˈliːmba] - lymbs [ˈlʏms]
 ===Verbs===