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Synthetic comparatives and superlatives for adverbs use respectively '''-ven''' and '''-eten''': | Synthetic comparatives and superlatives for adverbs use respectively '''-ven''' and '''-eten''': | ||
* ''chlærausęe'' (easily) → ''chlærausiven'' (more easily) → ''chlærauseten'' (most easily) | * ''chlærausęe'' (easily) → ''chlærausiven'' (more easily) → ''chlærauseten'' (most easily) | ||
=====Irregular forms===== | |||
There are seven irregular adjectives which are only used with the synthetic comparatives, all irregularly formed: | |||
{| class="wikitable" | |||
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! Positive !! Comparative !! Superlative | |||
|- | |||
| ''ñikas'' (small) || ''isis'' (smaller) || ''iñekṣis'' (smallest) | |||
|- | |||
| ''ṣubha'' <small><sub>indecl.</sub></small> (few, little) || ''isis'' (fewer, less) || ''iñekṣis'' (fewest, least) | |||
|- | |||
| ''spragnyas'' (large) || ''samvaris'' (larger) || ''sasprāsis'' (largest) | |||
|- | |||
| ''garpas'' (bad) || ''grašcasis'' (worse) || ''gugārasis'' (worst) | |||
|- | |||
| ''chāra'' <small><sub>indecl.</sub></small> (good) || ''chloucæm'' <small><sub>indecl.</sub></small> (better) || ''chloucækṣis'' (best) | |||
|- | |||
| ''lьvyamna'' <small><sub>indecl.</sub></small> (far) || ''liādas'' (farther, further) || ''lilьvayasis'' (farthest, furthest) | |||
|- | |||
| ''taili'' <small><sub>indecl.</sub></small> (many, much) || ''nanū'' <small><sub>indecl.</sub></small> (more) || ''kaili'' <small><sub>indecl.</sub></small> (most) | |||
|} | |||
In addition to these, the other two indeclinable adjectives ''cami'' and ''lalla'' have only the analytic forms ''(yaivu en) nanū cami''/''lalla''. | |||
===Verbs - Daradhūvī=== | ===Verbs - Daradhūvī=== | ||