Celestial Laefêvëši adjectives

Adjectives in Celestial Laefêvëši are divided into three groups, each one expressing a different idea. They also decline for several cases and have different forms according to the number of the noun they modify. The escalation of adjectives has several forms and two types.

Types of adjectives

Three groups:

1. Qualitative adjectives express quality
2. Relational adjectives express relation
3. Possessive adjectives express possession.

Declensions

There are two types of declensions, long and short declension.

Long declension

	Number
	Singular		Dual		Plural
	Closed	Open	Closed	Open	Closed	Open
Qualitative	-isi	-is-	-ise	-iss-	-isa	-iss-
Relational	-ili	-il-	-ile	-ill-	-ila	-ill-
Possessive	-iri	-ir-	-ire	-inn-	-ira	-inn-
	Indefinite			Definite
Nom.	-/			-/
Gen.	-te			-tja
Dat.	-wa			-vja
Acc.	-la			-lja
Loc.	-ka			-kja
Inst.	-se			-sja

Short declension

	Ending
Qualitative	-i-
Relational	-e-
Possessive	-u-
	Number
	Singular		Dual		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nom.	-/	-/	-/	-/	-/	-/
Gen.	-tto	-ttoi	-tte	-ttei	-tta	-ttai
Dat.	-nno	-nnoi	-nne	-nnei	-nna	-nnai
Acc.	-llo	-lloi	-lle	-llei	-lla	-nnai
Loc.	-kko	-kkoi	-kke	-kkei	-kka	-kkai
Inst.	-sso	-ssoi	-sse	-ssei	-ssa	-ssai

Gradation of adjectives

Degrees of comparison

It's formed by adding suffixes to the adjective. Only qualitative adjectives are gradable.

Positive (more/most)						Negative (less/least)
Degree	Suffix				Example	Degree	Suffix				Example
	Singular	Dual	Plural	Open			Singular	Dual	Plural	Open
Base	-isi	-ise	-isa	-is(s)-	wárisi (big)	Base	-isi	-ise	-isa	-is(s)-	wárisi (big)
Comparative	-iski	-iske	-iska	-isk-	wáriski (bigger)	Comparative	-ikni	-ikne	-ikna	-ikn-	wárikni (less big)
Superlative	-hki	-ihke	ihka	-ihk-	wárihki (biggest)	Superlative	-ihvi	-ihve	-ihva	-ihv-	wárihvi (least big)

The open forms are used with subcases and additional cases; the declensional pattern used is that of the Class I nouns.

Other degrees

There are other types of adjectival gradation. They are either formed the same way as the degrees of comparison (suffixes) or by prefixes.

Degree/ Meaning	Adfix				Example
	Singular	Dual	Plural	Open
Base	-isi	-ise	-isa	-is(s)-	wárisi (big)
that/so	-ikki	-ikke	-ikka	-ikk-	wárikki (that/so big)
quite/pretty	-ihhi	-ihhe	-ihha	-ihh-	wárihhi (quite/pretty big)
very	-iggi	-igge	-igga	-igg-	wáriggi (very big)
too	-itli	-itle	-itle	-itl-	wáritli (too big)
	lie-	lie-	lie-	/	liewárisi (too big)