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THE ADJECTIVE.
The Adjective is inflected for case and number, and initially
aspirated to show gender. The case inflections in the singular
are the same in kind as those of nouns of the Strong DecL, the
Weak Deck, and the Fem. Broad and Small Declensions with
suffixed e genitive. The plural in monosyllables is, if the root
A'owel is Ijroad or the digraph ends in a broad vowel, in a
uniform -a ; in monosyllables with a slender vowel the plural
is in -';■ throughout. Pol^'syllables suffix vowels neither in the
singular nor in the plural. There are thus three declensions.
StUUNC DEf'LEXSION.
So decline in the sing, polysyllabic adjectives in -acli, -mhor, "-(ir,
-or, omitting the ft of the fem. gen. as a rule. The changes of vowels
are the same as in the nouns of the Strong and Fem. Broad Dec!. :
thus, dean/, red, g. m. dheirg, g. f. deirye. Witli double liquids,
however, a becomes oi, not ui, as dal/, blind, g. m. doi//, g. f. doillt,
and pi. dall, rarely daHn.
Weak Declension.
In this declension there is no inflection for case or number,
only the initial changes for gender ; as in heb, living, m. g. and
V. bheò, f. n., d. and v. hheù, g. heb ; pi. heb.
Mixed Declension.
glic, wise.
SiiKj. Plural.
MaM. Fem. Common.
Nam. and Dat. glic ghlic glice
Gen. ghlic glice glice
Voc. ghlic ghlic glice