Thursday, August 21, 2014

Adjectives



Adjectives decline according to number, case and gender. There are two types of adjectives, according to the declension rules.

First declension


Masculine
Feminine
Neuter
Singular
Plural
Singular
Plural
Singular
Plural
Nominative
us
i
a
ae
um
a
Genitive
i
orum
ae
arum
i
orum
Dative
o
is
ae
is
o
is
Accusative
um
os
am
as
um
os
Ablative[1]
o
is
a
is
o
is

Second declension


Masculine
Feminine
Neuter
Singular
Plural
Singular
Plural
Singular
Plural
Nominative
er
es
is
es
e
ia
Genitive
is
ium
is
ium
is
ium
Dative
i
ibus
i
ibus
i
ibus
Accusative
em
es
em
es
e
ia
Ablative
i
ibus
i
ibus
i
ibus
Locative
is
ium
is
ium
is
ium

Third declension


Masculine
Feminine
Neuter
Singular
Plural
Singular
Plural
Singular
Plural
Nominative
er
es
is
es
e
ia
Genitive
is
ium
is
ium
is
ium
Dative
i
ibus
i
ibus
i
ibus
Accusative
em
es
em
es
e
ia
Ablative
i
ibus
i
ibus
i
ibus
Locative
is
ium
is
ium
is
ium

Comparative, superlative, and adverb form

The comparative and superlative forms of the adjectives are constructed by appending zehr and am zehr to the stem of the words, respectively.


[1] Includes the Instrumental case

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