Verse:Tdūrzů/Knench: Difference between revisions

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Nouns inflect for number and definiteness. Adjectives agree with nouns in number.

{{PAGENAME}} has regularized all plurals to ־ר ''-r'' (from a merger of Ancient Cubrite ''-īm'' and ''-ōδ''). It also lost grammatical gender, although animates still have natural gender.

{{PAGENAME}} has regularized all plurals to ''-r'' (from a merger of Ancient Cubrite ''-īm'' and ''-ōδ''). It also lost grammatical gender, although animates still have natural gender.

Words ending in a nasal vowel or an R-colored vowel add an intrusive R between the final vowel and the plural suffix: ~~פדע~~ ''pdą'' 'tree', ~~פדערר~~ ''pdąrør'' 'trees'.

Words ending in a nasal vowel or an R-colored vowel add an intrusive R between the final vowel and the plural suffix: ''pdą'' 'tree', ''pdąrør'' 'trees'.

Some irregular plurals: ''penš, plenš'' = human

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Degree markers:

*Equative: ''de-'' = as X as; equally X (~ BH די ''day'' 'enough')

*Equative: ''de-'' = as X as; equally X (~ BH ''day'' 'enough')

*Emphatic: ''ro-'' = so X, very X indeed (inherited from Ancient Cubrite, which borrowed it from Celtic)

*Comparative/Superlative: ''-ðr'' = more X or most X; comparandum takes ~~פרידﬞ~~ ''prið'' 'than' (from Ancient Cubrite ''pirʔūðī'' 'when I see')

*Comparative/Superlative: ''-ðr'' = more X or most X; comparandum takes ''prið'' 'than' (from Ancient Cubrite ''pirʔūðī'' 'when I see')

Example: ''kkrú'' 'big', ''degrú'' 'as big as'; ''rogrú'' 'so big; very big indeed', ''kkrúðr'' 'bigger/biggest'

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 Nouns inflect for number and definiteness. Adjectives agree with nouns in number.
-{{PAGENAME}} has regularized all plurals to ־ר ''-r'' (from a merger of Ancient Cubrite ''-īm'' and ''-ōδ''). It also lost grammatical gender, although animates still have natural gender.
+{{PAGENAME}} has regularized all plurals to ''-r'' (from a merger of Ancient Cubrite ''-īm'' and ''-ōδ''). It also lost grammatical gender, although animates still have natural gender.
-Words ending in a nasal vowel or an R-colored vowel add an intrusive R between the final vowel and the plural suffix: פדע ''pdą'' 'tree', פדערר ''pdąrør'' 'trees'.
+Words ending in a nasal vowel or an R-colored vowel add an intrusive R between the final vowel and the plural suffix: ''pdą'' 'tree', ''pdąrør'' 'trees'.
 Some irregular plurals: ''penš, plenš'' = human
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 Degree markers:
-*Equative: ''de-'' = as X as; equally X (~ BH די ''day'' 'enough')
+*Equative: ''de-'' = as X as; equally X (~ BH ''day'' 'enough')
 *Emphatic: ''ro-'' = so X, very X indeed (inherited from Ancient Cubrite, which borrowed it from Celtic)
-*Comparative/Superlative: ''-ðr'' = more X or most X; comparandum takes פרידﬞ ''prið'' 'than' (from Ancient Cubrite ''pirʔūðī'' 'when I see')
+*Comparative/Superlative: ''-ðr'' = more X or most X; comparandum takes ''prið'' 'than' (from Ancient Cubrite ''pirʔūðī'' 'when I see')
 Example: ''kkrú'' 'big', ''degrú'' 'as big as'; ''rogrú'' 'so big; very big indeed', ''kkrúðr'' 'bigger/biggest'