Print (PDF) - Color (PDF) - On this page / på denna sida - Part I - Inflection of Words - The Comparison of Adjectives
<< prev. page << föreg. sida << >> nästa sida >> next page >>
Below is the raw OCR text
from the above scanned image.
Do you see an error? Proofread the page now!
Här nedan syns maskintolkade texten från faksimilbilden ovan.
Ser du något fel? Korrekturläs sidan nu!
This page has never been proofread. / Denna sida har aldrig korrekturlästs.
27
!iit unga yngra -ri yngst -sir -st, youngest
punna pynnra -ri j)ynnst -sir -st, thinnest
djupa dypra -ri
dypst -sir -st, deepest
dyra dyrra -ri
dyrst -sir -st, dearest
va;na; vaenna -ri; vaenst -sir -st, prettiest.
The word mj6tt, mj6r, mjo, small, hit mj6fa does not
modify the vowel, although it takes the shorter termination
mjorra, mjost.
101. Some form their degrees in both manners, thus we
meet with:
djupara, djiipari, djupast, -astf, -ust
the shorter form almost always belongs to the old language.
Several take the shorter form in the Comparative and the
longer one in the Superlative, as:
seinl, seinna, seinast,
saelt, sa’lla, sinllast;
nytt, nyrra, nyjast.
102. The following are quite irregular:
Positive. Comp. Snperl.
g68a, gott, hit g65a betra bezt-a best
lilt ilia \
vant -vanda /
verra vet-a wortf
mikit mikla meira mest-a greatest
Iiti5 litla minna minnst-a least
mart (margr, mOrg) fleira flest*) most
I ellra ellst-a ,, .
gamalt;
-- gamla; eldest;
103. Some compar. and superl. are formed from adverbs,
prepos. and subst. and have therefore no positive, as:
(nor8r) nyr8ra norQast, nyrfist, northmost
(auslr) eystra austast eastmost
(su8r) sy8ra syQst (synnst) southmost
(vestr) vestra veslast westmost
(fram) fremra fremst foremost
(aptr) eptra aptast, epzt aftermost
(lit) ytra yzt outmost
(inn) innra innst inmost
<< prev. page << föreg. sida << >> nästa sida >> next page >>
