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

Revision as of 11:29, 2 November 2013

Adjectives in Scottish Gaelic

Adjective Agreement in Scottish Gaelic

beag Singular Plural
'small' Masculine Feminine Masculine Feminine
Nominative beag bheag b(h)eaga b(h)eaga
Genitive bhig bige beag(a) beaga
Dative b(h)eag bhig b(h)eag(a) b(h)eag(a)
Vocative bhig bheag beag(a) beag(a)
(Lamb 2001)

Adjective Ordering in Scottish Gaelic

  • The relative ordering between three classes of adjectives such as size, quality and color is size > quality > color.
mòr briagha dubh
dog big beautiful black
'a big beautiful black dog.'

Intesifiers

See Also