A4
Class :
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All the ordinal numbers fall in this class. A few examples are in
masculine singular form :
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p l-o
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‘first’
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duj-o
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‘second’
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c th-o
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‘fourth’
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chem-o
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‘sixth’
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etc. |
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A5 Class:
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All the quantitative and degree adjectives which also modify the
qualitative adjectives fall in this class.
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Exampels :
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jor
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‘very’
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kÚj
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‘some’
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kItn-o
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‘how much’
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b  -o
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‘big’
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etc.
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A6 Class :
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All the qualitative adjectives fall in this class. A few adjectives
falling in this class are given below in the direct masculine singular
form :
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cngo
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‘good’
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tko
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‘strong’
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karigo
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‘wise’
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etc.
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There are some suffixes which are added to various stem classes to form
adjectives. These are described below:
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{-i} added to the noun stem to form the adjective relating to the noun.
Examples are :
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{-ay} added to the abstract noun to form the adjective stem which can
further take gender-number suffixes and the forms are given in masculine
singular. Examples :
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‘thirst’ |
tIsay.o |
‘thirsty’ |
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{-l} added to adverb to form the adjective stem which can take
gender-number suffixes. Besides some adverbs the numeral /ek/ and some
nouns also takes {-1}. All these forms are given in masculine singular.
Examples are :
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ek
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‘one’
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ek-l-o
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‘alone’
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par
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‘across’
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par-l-o
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‘the other side,
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across one’
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bIškar
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‘amid’
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bIskar-l-o
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‘central’
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la
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‘affection’ |
la-l-o |
‘affectionate’
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{- -}
is added to the causal verbal stem to form the qualitative adjective stem
which can take gender-number suffixes. Examples are given in the masculine
singular form :
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raw-
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‘cause to fear, terrify’
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raw -o
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‘terrific’
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{-mnd}
added to the oblique form of the abstract noun to form the adjective of
/go /
class. Examples are :
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phaydo
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‘use, benefit’
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phaydamnd’
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‘useful’
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kl
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‘wisdom’
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klmnd |
‘wise’
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