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‎Intesifiers

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‎Comparative and superlative adjectives

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‎Comparative and superlative adjectives

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‎Adjective Ordering in Scottish Gaelic

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‎Adjective Ordering in Scottish Gaelic

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==See Also==
*[[Adjective (definition)]]
*[[Phrase (definition)]]
[[Category: Syntax]]

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	===Intesifiers===		===Intesifiers===
		+
		+	*Adverbs as adjectival intensifiers
		+
		+	:{\|
		+	\|fior
		+	\|dhroch
		+	\|latha
		+	\|-
		+	\|truly
		+	\|bad
		+	\|dat
		+	\|-
		+	\|colspan="2"\| 'a truly bad day.'
		+	\|}
		+
		+	:{\|
		+	\|latha
		+	\|glè
		+	\|mhath
		+	\|-
		+	\|day
		+	\|very
		+	\|good
		+	\|-
		+	\|colspan="2"\| 'a very good day.'
		+	\|}
		+
		+	:{\|
		+	\|latha
		+	\|uabhasach
		+	\|dona
		+	\|-
		+	\|day
		+	\|terribly
		+	\|bad
		+	\|-
		+	\|colspan="2"\| 'a terribly bad day.'
		+	\|}
		+
		+	*Adjective repetition as adjectival intensification
		+
		+	:{\|
		+	\|latha
		+	\|math
		+	\|math
		+	\|-
		+	\|day
		+	\|good
		+	\|good
		+	\|-
		+	\|colspan="2"\| 'a good, good day.'
		+	\|}

	===Comparative and superlative adjectives===		===Comparative and superlative adjectives===

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 |Tha
 |an

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 |na
 |'n
-|cat
+|chat
 |-
 |be
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 ==See Also==

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	===Intesifiers===		===Intesifiers===
		+
		+	===Comparative and superlative adjectives===
		+
		+	*Basic
		+	:{\|
		+	\|an
		+	\|t-eun
		+	\|glas
		+	\|-
		+	\|the
		+	\|bird
		+	\|gray
		+	\|-
		+	\|colspan="2"\| 'a gray bird.' (MacAulay 1992)
		+	\|}
		+
		+	*Indefinite comparative
		+	:{\|
		+	\|eun
		+	\|nas
		+	\|glaise
		+	\|-
		+	\|bird
		+	\|more
		+	\|gray.comp
		+	\|-
		+	\|colspan="2"\| 'a grayer bird.' (MacAulay 1992)
		+	\|}
		+
		+	*Definite comparative
		+	:{\|
		+	\|an
		+	\|t-eun
		+	\|a
		+	\|'s
		+	\|glaise
		+	\|-
		+	\|the
		+	\|bird
		+	\|wh-C
		+	\|cop
		+	\|gray.comp
		+	\|-
		+	\|colspan="2"\| 'the grayer bird.' (MacAulay 1992)
		+	\|}
		+
		+	*Superlative (only definite; no indefinite superlative)
		+	:{\|
		+	\|an
		+	\|t-eun
		+	\|as
		+	\|glaise
		+	\|-
		+	\|the
		+	\|bird
		+	\|cop.rel
		+	\|gray.comp
		+	\|-
		+	\|colspan="2"\| 'the grayest bird.' (MacAulay 1992)
		+	\|}
		+
		+	*More examples
		+	:{\|
		+	\|Tha
		+	\|an
		+	\|t-eun
		+	\|nas
		+	\|glaise
		+	\|na
		+	\|'n
		+	\|cat
		+	\|-
		+	\|be
		+	\|the
		+	\|bird
		+	\|more
		+	\|gray.comp
		+	\|than
		+	\|'n
		+	\|cat
		+	\|-
		+	\|colspan="2"\| 'The bird is grayer than the cat.' (MacAulay 1992)
		+	\|}

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 |black
 |-
-|colspan="2"| 'a big beautiful black dog.'
+|colspan="2"| 'a big beautiful black dog.' (MacAulay 1992)
 |}

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	===Adjective Ordering in Scottish Gaelic===		===Adjective Ordering in Scottish Gaelic===

		+	*The relative ordering between three classes of adjectives such as size, quality and color is size > quality > color.
		+
		+	:{\|
		+	\|cù
		+	\|mòr
		+	\|briagha
		+	\|dubh
		+	\|-
		+	\|dog
		+	\|big
		+	\|beautiful
		+	\|black
		+	\|-
		+	\|colspan="2"\| 'a big beautiful black dog.'
		+	\|}

	===Intesifiers===		===Intesifiers===

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		+	===Adjectives in Scottish Gaelic===
		+
		+	===Adjective Agreement in Scottish Gaelic===
		+
		+	{\| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; border="1" cellpadding="3"
		+	\|-
		+	\|align="left"\| beag
		+	\|align="left"\| Singular
		+	\|align="left"\| Plural
		+	\|-
		+	\|align="left"\|'small'
		+	\|align="left"\| Masculine
		+	\|align="left"\| Feminine
		+	\|align="left"\| Masculine
		+	\|align="left"\| Feminine
		+	\|-
		+	\|align="left"\| Nominative
		+	\|align="left"\| beag
		+	\|align="left"\| bheag
		+	\|align="left"\| b(h)eaga
		+	\|align="left"\| b(h)eaga
		+	\|-
		+	\|align="left"\| Genitive
		+	\|align="left"\| bhig
		+	\|align="left"\| bige
		+	\|align="left"\| beag(a)
		+	\|align="left"\| beaga
		+	\|-
		+	\|align="left"\| Dative
		+	\|align="left"\| b(h)eag
		+	\|align="left"\| bhig
		+	\|align="left"\| b(h)eag(a)
		+	\|align="left"\| b(h)eag(a)
		+	\|-
		+	\|align="left"\| Vocative
		+	\|align="left"\| bhig
		+	\|align="left"\| bheag
		+	\|align="left"\| beag(a)
		+	\|align="left"\| beag(a)
		+	\|} (Lamb 2001)
		+
		+	===Adjective Ordering in Scottish Gaelic===
		+
		+
		+	===Intesifiers===
		+
		+
	==See Also==		==See Also==
	*[[Adjective (definition)]]		*[[Adjective (definition)]]

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 *[[Adjective (definition)]]
 *[[Phrase (definition)]]
-*[[Adjective Inflection]]
+*[[Adjective Declension]]
 [[Category: Syntax]]