Khangaþyagon Adjectives

Stems

The stem of an adjective in Khangaþyagon often ends in a vowel, but this is not obligatory.

The stem is followed by the following segunakar, in the order they follow the root.

Negation

she

forms antonyms, usually in the sense of "lack of X".

Degree

ikhim

superlative

ezhm

comparative

dedu

reductive (less)

kokra

minimative (least)

Noun agreement

Khangaþyagon adjectives agree with the noun, and thus carry all the segunakar that the nouns they qualify carry. One exception to this is cardinal numbers, since all cardinal numbers greater than one are implicitly plural, they do not carry plural marking, but they do agree with all other segunakar on the noun.

Examples of antonyms and negation agreement

As the segunak "she" can occur either to form an antonym or in agreement with a negated noun, it may seem ambiguous what it means in a given context. Here are some examples that illustrate how to disambiguate them with the help of some worthy and unworthy men.

rik nello

worthy man

rik nelloshe

unworthy man

rikshe nelloshe

no worthy man

rikshe nellosheshe

no unworthy man

rik nelloezhm

worthier man

rik nellosheezhm

unworthier man

rikshe nelloezhmshe

no worthier man

rikshe nellosheezhmshe

no unworthier man

Adjective/verb compounding

When an adjective is used as the predicate of a sentence, rather than qualifying the noun, it compounds with the verb, forming an adjectival verb. This occurs most frequently with the verbs

dah-

be

vlant-

become

ap-

make, cause

In this case there is no noun agreement. Verb compounding follows negation and degree. yurishdahi mihyu

dah- |i |mihyu

be |3p |cat

The cat is good.

Paradigm Summary

In general the form of an adjective is

stem+[negation]+[degree]+{noun agreement,verb}

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