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--- grammar_adjective [2020/08/20 16:04] – [Grammar of adjectives] morgoth
+++ grammar_adjective [2022/08/03 20:00] (current) – [Word order] morgoth
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   - formed from other words (mostly nouns) by adding suffix //**-ûrz**// ((there are short adjectives ended with //-ûrz// like //bûrz// and //lûrz// which belong to the first category)) (thus also polysyllable standalone words);
-Usually languages with extensive inflection of [[grammar_noun|nouns]] have adjectives agreed with nouns in [[grammar_case|case]], [[grammar_gender|gender]] and [[grammar_number|number]]. But no signs of adjectives' inflection were found in [[tolkien_word_list|Tolkien's Black Speech]]. The main reason is that **short** adjectives are usually attached to nouns as [[clitics]] (as in //sharkû//). In such situation adjective's ending affects noun's declension class and it's case and number suffixes are placed //after// a combined word. In [[black_speech_dialects#shadowlandian|Shadowlandian Black Speech]] where only unanimated nouns have number ending, adjectives describing animated nouns take suffix of number for clarification (but not case suffixes) anyway. [[Nûrlâm]] suggests that either both words must have no plural ending (classical or archaic variant) or both take it (modern / colloquial use).
+Usually languages with extensive inflection of [[grammar_noun|nouns]] have adjectives agreed with nouns in [[grammar_case|case]], [[grammar_gender|gender]] and [[grammar_number|number]]. But no signs of adjectives' inflection were found in [[tolkien_word_list|Tolkien's Black Speech]]. The main reason is that **short** adjectives are usually attached to nouns as [[clitics]] (as in //sharkû//). In such situation adjective's ending affects noun's declension class and it's case and number suffixes are placed //after// a combined word. In [[black_speech_dialects#shadowlandian|Shadowlandian Black Speech]] where only unanimated nouns have number ending, adjectives describing animated nouns take suffix of number for clarification (but not case suffixes) anyway. [[Nûrlâm]] suggests that either both words must have no plural ending (standard variant) or both take it (modern / colloquial use).
 In example, short adjective //kû// (old) attached to noun of 1st declension class, e.g. //orn// (tree), makes the resulting word belonging to 2nd declension class. If short adjective is written separately then it has no agreement in case with noun, the same as long adjectives.
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 | orn  | //(none)// | -u   | -z     | ornuz    | towards the trees |
 | orn  | kû         | -zu  | -z     | ornkûzuz | towards old trees |
-| orn  | prazgûrz   | -ir  | -∅     | ornir prazgûrz | on rotten tree(s) |
+| orn  | nirgûrz    | -ir  | -∅     | ornir nirgûrz | on rotten tree(s) |
 | olog | kû         | -∅   | -∅     | olog kû  | old troll(s) |
 | golug | kû        | -∅   | -û/z     | golugû kûz | old elves |
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 Comparative form is often used with conjunction //snû// (than) + <word in //accusative// case> or just <object in //genitive//>. E.g. the phrase "//smaller than he//" can be translated into Black Speech either as "//mikar tab//" or "//mikar snû tash//".
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+===== Suffix order =====
+{{page>include:suffix_chain_adjective}}
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 ===== Word order =====
-While [[black_speech_dialects#shadowlandian|Shadowlandian dialect]] suggests that //all// adjectives should be placed //after// nouns in proper [[syntax]], in Nûrlâm it's not. All Tolkien's examples of this rule (Lugbûrz, sharkû) are combined words where short adjectives become clitic. So Nûrlâm assumes that long stand-alone adjectives (including all comparatives) are placed //before// nouns, while a large group of short adjectives are attached after noun's root. When long adjective is placed after noun in Black Speech text, it usually means that verb "[[verb_to_be|kulat]]" (to be) is omitted between them.  Short adjectives are written separately if there are more than one describing the same word, especially when joined by word "agh" (and).
+While [[black_speech_dialects#shadowlandian|Shadowlandian dialect]] suggests that //all// adjectives should be placed //after// nouns in proper [[syntax]], in Nûrlâm it's considered [[archaic_style|archaic]]. All Tolkien's examples of this rule (Lugbûrz, sharkû) are combined words where short adjectives become clitic. So Nûrlâm assumes that long stand-alone adjectives (especially comparatives) may be placed //before// nouns. When long adjective is placed after noun in Black Speech text, it usually means that verb "[[verb_to_be|kulat]]" (to be) is omitted between them. However many examples throughout this wiki have adjectives placed after nouns due to influence of Shadowlandian and stylistic reasons (e.g. avoiding further similarity to English). Short adjectives are often attached after noun's root. Short adjectives are written separately if there are more than one describing the same word, especially when joined by word "agh" (and).
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