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===Adjectives=== | ===Adjectives=== | ||
Adjectives have been radically simplified since Gothic, for example there is only one declension (always ending in a hard consonant) and they are completely unmarked for case. Attributive adjectives are also unmarked for number | Adjectives have been radically simplified since Gothic, for example there is only one declension (always ending in a hard consonant) and they are completely unmarked for case. Attributive adjectives are also unmarked for number and definiteness except for first umlaut alternation in masculine adjectives. Predicative adjectives are marked for number for both genders by inflectional endings as well as first umlaut alternation. | ||
Gender is marked in adjectives, but only for adjectives with a stem affected by first umlaut; masculine singular adjectives so affected contain the vowel ''i'' or ''u'', while all other forms contain the vowel ''e'' or ''o''. | Gender is marked in adjectives, but only for adjectives with a stem affected by first umlaut; indefinite masculine singular adjectives so affected contain the vowel ''i'' or ''u'', while all other forms contain the vowel ''e'' or ''o''. | ||
Nominalised adjectives decline like masculine hard stem nouns. | Nominalised adjectives decline like masculine hard stem nouns. | ||