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Adjective Variants
Format: variants=fillers
Allowable fillers for regular adjectives:
| Code | Definitions | Examples |
|---|---|---|
| variants=reg | Regular formation for comparative and superlative | fine, clear, gray, |
| variants=regd | Regular doubling formation for comparative and superlative. The base form and it's spelling vatiants must end with VC, where V is a vowel and C is a consonant. | fat |
Allowable fillers for irregular adjectives:
| Code | Definitions | Examples |
|---|---|---|
| variants=irreg|arg1|arg2|arg3| | Irregular inflectional forms | good, bad, shy, pricey, far |
Other allowable fillers for adjectives:
| Code | Definitions | Examples |
|---|---|---|
| variants=inv | Invariant adjectives have no morphological comparative or superlative form | medical, daily, weekly, acoustic,vertical |
| variants=inv;periph | Periphrastic adjectives form their comparative and superlative with more and most. Periphrastic adjective are necessary invariant. | beautiful, practical, feasible, visible |