Classical Laefêvëši adjectives

NOTE: This is an obsolete form of the conlang. It has been renamed to Classical Laefêvëši to distinguish it from the new version, which is Ascended or Celestial Laefêvëši.

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

	Masculine			Feminine			Neuter
	singular	dual	plural	singular	dual	plural	singular	dual	plural
Qualitative	-imi	-ime	-ima, -imis	-isi	-ise	-isa, -isis	-idi	-ide	-ida, -idis
Relational	-ili	-ile	-ila, -ilis	-ivi	-ive	-iva, -ivis	-iði	-iðe	-iða, -iðis
Possessive	-iri	-ire	-ira, -iris	-ini	-ine	-ina, -inis	-ixi	-ixe	-ixa, -ixis
Nom.	-/			-/			-/
Gen.	-fa			-te			-kø
Dat.	-wa			-ze		-se	-rø
Acc.	-la / -fla			-je / -tje			-nø / -njø
Loc.	-ka			-de		-če	-pø
Inst.	-pa			-he		-še	-čø
Part.	-þa		-sa	-ne		-nje	-lø
Eqt.	-ra		-ŗa	-kse		-ke	-tø

Short declension

	Masculine			Feminine			Neuter
	singular	dual	plural	singular	dual	plural	singular	dual	plural
Qualitative	-i
Relational	-e
Possessive	-u
Nom.	does not exist
Gen.	-ffā	-ffē	-ffy	-ttā	-ttē	-tty	-mmā	-mmē	-mmy
Dat.	-vvā	-vvē	-vvy	-zzā	-zzē	-zzy	-rrā	-rrē	-rry
Acc.	-llā / -llō	-llē / -llø	-lly / -llū	-ssā / -ssō	-ssē / -ssø	-ssy / -ssū	-nnā / -nnō	-nnē / -nnø	-nny / -nnū
Loc.	-kkā	-kkē	-kky	-ddā	-ddē	-ddy	-bbā	-bbē	-bby
Inst.	-ppā	-ppē	-ppy	-ggā	-ggē	-ggy	-þþā	-þþē	-þþy
Part.	-þþō	-þþī	-þþū	-ððō	-ððī	-ððū	-vvō	-vvī	-vvū
Eqt.	-rrō	-rrī	-rrū	-kkō	-kkī	-kkū	-ttō	-ttī	-ttū

Escalation of adjectives

The escalation of adjectives consists of two types, the 7-degree escalation (which is further divided into two subtypes) and the 2-degree escalation.

Seven-degree escalation

There are two subtypes of this type of escalation:

1. Seven-degree escalation with suffixes
2. Seven-degree escalation with adverbs

Seven-degree escalation with suffixes

The normal adjectival suffix is replaced by one of the escalation suffix.

Degree	Suffix
Base (1st d.)	-/	-/
Second d.	-ika	-íkka
Third d.	-iko	-íkko
Fourth d.	-ive	-ívve
Fifth d.	-iŗa	-írra
Superlative (6th d.)	-ila	-ílla
Absolutive (7th d.)	-ixo	-íggo

Declension

The declensional suffixes are added to the escalational suffixes.

	Masculine			Feminine			Neuter
	singular	dual	plural	singular	dual	plural	singular	dual	plural
Nom.	-/	-će	-sa	-/	-šo	-ša	-/	-dī	-dū
Gen.	-fa	-fe	-fi	-te	-to	-ta	-kø	-kī	-kū
Dat.	-va	-ve	-vi	-ze	-ćo	-ća	-rø	-rī	-rū
Acc.	-la	-ke	-ki	-je	-jo	-ja	-nø	-nī	-nū
Loc.	-na	-ne	-ni	-de	-čo	-ča	-ðø	-ðī	-ðū
Inst.	-pa	-pe	-pi	-he	-ho	-ha	-gø	-gī	-gū

Seven-degree escalation with adverbs

The adverb comes in front of the adjective which remains in its original form.

Degree	Better	Lesser
Base (1st d.)	-/	-/
Second d.	tórmai	sónmai
Third d.	tóčmai	sóčmai
Fourth d.	tóšmai	sóšmai
Fifth d.	tósmai	sótmai
Superlative (6th d.)	tákmai	sékmai
Absolutive (7th d.)	tálmai	sélmai

Two-degree escalation

The two-degree escalation only has, like the name suggests, two degrees, called the base degree and the elative degree, respectively.

The elative degree is expressed by several prefixes:

• ter-
• mal-
• eni-
• lie-
• ro-
• am-

An additional degree can be found here, it is formed by using an adverb which is added in front of the adjective. This degree, also called the second elative degree carries even more absolute meaning than the elative itself.

Adverb: leíre/eíre