Quick question on adjectives

[edmundfairfax@yahoo.ca [gothic-l]]

Dear Dirk, 

 The feminine forms are:
 

 so mawi ist sada 'the girl is full'
 so sado mawi ist her 'the full girl is here'
 

 In the second example above, the adjective is part of the nominal phrase introduced by the determiner 'so,' hence the 'weak' inflection. In the first example, the adjective is a predicate, hence the 'strong' inflection (predicate adjectives are always inflected strong).
 

 The corresponding indefinite forms are:
 

 mawi ist sada 'a girl is full'
 sada mawi ist her 'a full girl is here'
 

 Likewise, the masculine:
 

 sa thiudans ist saths 'the king is full'
 sa sada thiudans ist her 'the full king is here'
 

 Note that the stem of the adjective 'saths' normally undergoes devoicing when followed by inflectional -s or no inflection, resulting in an alternation between 'sad-' and 'sath-.'
 

 The corresponding indefinite forms are:
 

 thiudans ist saths 'a king is full'
 saths thiudans ist her 'a full king is here'
 

 It may be helpful to note that the endings of the weak adjectival inflection are identical to those of weak nouns. Compare and contrast the adjective endings with the weak / strong nouns in the following:
 

 masc. singular:
 

 N sa goda guma / wulfs
 A thana godan guman / wulf
 D thamma godin gumin / wulfa
 G this godins gumins / wulfis
 

 masc. plural:
 

 N thai godans gumans / wulfos
 A thans godans gumans / wulfans
 D thaim godam gumam / wulfam
 G thize godane gumane / wulfe
 

 fem. singular:
 

 N so godo tuggo / hansa
 A tho godon tuggon / hansa
 D thizai godon tuggon /hansai
 G thizos godons tuggons / hansos
 

 fem. plural:
 

 N thos godons tuggons / hansos
 A thos godons tuggons / hansos
 D thaim godom tuggom / hansom
 G thizo godono tuggono / hanso
 

 

 Edmund
 

 

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