Adjective Phrases
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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) |
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 'a big beautiful black dog.' (MacAulay 1992)
