Adjectives in Denkurian agree with their nouns in gender, number and case. Adjectives decline as nouns do Adjectives are cited by their neuter singular nominative form.
Adjective inflection (positive form)
Class | neuter | masculine | feminine | adverb |
i-class | -i | -u | -a | -izepi/-o/-au* |
e-class | -e | -e | -e | -ezepi |
o-class | -o | -o | -o | -ozepi |
*-o is used with the comparative and superlative suffixes. A few irregular adjectives use -o or -au
Example declension
raiki strong
neuter | masculine | feminine | ||
Singular | nom. sg. | raiki | raiku | raika |
acc. sg. | raikis | raikus | raikas | |
dat. sg. | raikim | raikuv | raikam | |
gen. sg. | raikiv | raikuk | raikav | |
instr. sg. | raikid | raikud | raikad | |
Plural | nom. pl. | raikai | raikoi | raike |
acc. pl. | raikais | raikois | raikes | |
dat. pl. | raikaim | raikoim | raikem | |
gen. pl. | raikaiv | raikoiv | raikev | |
instr. pl. | raikaid | raikoid | raiked |
Degrees of Comparison
Clase | Comparative adj. | Comparative adv. | Superlative adj. | Superlative adv. |
e-class | -engi | -engo | -impi | -impo |
Negative, contrastive, and sublative forms are simply the positive, comparative, and superlative forms prefixed by ven-, respectively.
Irregular adjectives and adverbs
robi, rongi, rimpi, robo/robau good, better, best, well
brun, brungo, broimpo gladly/willingly, rather/preferably, most preferably
gerri, grengi, grimpi, grengo little/few, less/fewer, least/fewest, less (adv.)