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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
AVeak Deck, and the Fem. Broad and Small Declensions with
sutìixed e genitive. The plural in monosyllables is, if the root
vowel is broad or the digraph ends in a broad vowel, in a
iniiform -a ; in monosyllables with a slender vowel the plural
is in -(?• throughout. Polysyllables suftix vowels neither in the
sinuular nor in the plural. There are thus three declensions.
Stroxg Deoi.exsiox.
So decline in the sing, polysyllabic adjectives in -acli, -mhor, -ar,
-or, omitting the '■ of the fem. gen. as a rule. The changes of vowels
are the same as in the nouns of the Strong and Fem. Broad Decl. :
thus, deary, red, g. m. dheiry, g. f. deirge. With double liquids,
however, a becomes oi, not tii, as dal/, blind, g. m. doi/i, g. f. doif/c,
and pi. dad, rarely dalla.
Weak Declexsion.
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. hheb, f. n., d. and v. l)heò, g. heo ; pi. heb.