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===Adjectives=== Adjectives agree in gender, case and number. A few instances of short adjectives are attested. Adjectives can also inflect for the [[Comparison (grammar)|comparative]] and superlative. The following adjectival inflections are attested:{{sfn|Lehr-Spławiński|1929|pp=198—202}}{{sfn|Селищев|1941|pp=441—442}}{{sfn|Polański|2010|pp=118—119}} {| | {| class="wikitable" style="border-collapse: collapse;text-align:center;" ! style="width:100px" rowspan="2" |Case ! colspan="3" |Singular |- ! style="width:70px" |Masculine ! style="width:70px" |Neuter ! style="width:70px" |Feminine |- ! Nominative | ''-ĕ'' | ''-ă'' : ''-ĕ'' | ''-ă'' |- ! Genitive |colspan="2" |''-ĕg'' | ''–'' |- ! Dative |colspan="2" | ''-ümĕ'' | ''-ĕ'' |- ! Accusative | ''-ĕg'' (animate), ''-ĕ'' (inanimate) | ''-ă'' : ''-ĕ'' | ''-ǫ'' |- ! Prepositional |colspan="2" | ''–'' | ''-ăj'' |} |valign="top"| {| class="wikitable" style="border-collapse: collapse;text-align:center;" ! style="width:100px" rowspan="2" |Case ! colspan="3" |Singular |- ! style="width:70px" |Masculine ! style="width:70px" |Neuter ! style="width:70px" |Feminine |- ! Именительный | ''-ĕ'' | ''-ă'' | ''-ă'' |- ! Родительный | ''-ĕх'' | ''-ĕх'' | ''-ĕх'' |- ! Дательный | ''–'' | ''–'' | ''–'' |- ! Винительный | ''-ĕ'', ''-ĕх'' | ''-ă'' | ''–'' |- ! Местный | ''–'' | ''–'' | ''–'' |} |} Short forms of adjectives are formed from the stems of full adjectives and by adding gender endings in the singular. These forms agrees with the noun to which it refers in case as well:{{sfn|Lehr-Spławiński|1929|pp=196—198}}{{sfn|Polański|2010|pp=100—101}} {| class="wikitable" style="border-collapse: collapse;text-align:center;" ! style="width:70px" |Gender ! style="width:70px" |Ending ! Examples of short adjectives |- ! Masculine | ''-Ø'' | ''cai̯st'' (“clean”), ''stor'' (“old”), ''krosan'' (“good”, “beautiful”), ''dolĕk'' (“far”), ''sarĕk'' (“wide”), ''glǫbĕk'' (“deep”) |- ! Feminine | ''-o'' | ''nüvo'' (“new”), ''storo'' (“old”) |- ! Neuter | ''-ü'' | ''cai̯stü'' (“clean”), ''l’ått’ü'' (“light”), ''nai̯st’ü'' (“low”), ''mükrü'' (“wet”), ''teplü'' (“warm”), ''sau̯х́ü'' (“dry”) |} Among the surviving masculine and neuter forms, the instrumental case (''tai̯xåm'' (“quiet”)) and the locative case (''cai̯ste'' (“pure”); ''dübre'' (“good”)) are attested. The comparative of adjectives is formed with ''-i̯sĕ'', ''-sĕ'', and ''-ésĕ'', and the superlative is formed from the comparative by adding ''na-'': ''navoi̯sĕ'' (“highest”), ''lepsĕ'' (“better”), ''zai̯mnésǎ'' (“colder”), ''nastăresĕ'' (“eldest”).
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