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 ===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 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.
+Adjectives have been radically simplified since Gothic, for example there is only one declension (always ending in a hard consonant) and all inflectional endings have been lost, except in predicative adjectives where the plural ending ''-s'' is preserved.
-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''.
+Attributive adjectives are only marked for gender, case, number and definiteness insofar as these distinctions are marked by umlaut alternations, so feminine attributive adjectives are indeclinable. Other than retaining the plural ending ''-s'', predicative adjectives are declined identically to attributive ones.
 Nominalised adjectives decline like masculine hard stem nouns.