Dalecarlian irregular adjectives

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Type A1

We'll choose sprukkin ('cracked') as conjugation pattern:

Sing Masc Fem Neut
Nom sprukkin sprukkiñ sprukkið
Acc sprukknan sprukkna sprukkið
Dat sprukknum sprukknera sprukknu
Plur
Nom sprukkner sprukkner sprukknuñ
Acc sprukkna sprukkner sprukknuñ
Dat sprukknum sprukknum sprukknum

Examples of adjectives declined like sprukkin

skrukkin, ('wrinkled, shrunk')
bjáðin, ('humid [about hay]')
skótin, ('shot') (Note that the stem is actually short)
loðin, ('hairy, downy')
múgin [mu:`en], ('ripe, mellow, mature')

Type A2

Here the Sg Masc Nom is apocopated in the pronunciation. We'll choose svollin [sUOll`n] ('swollen') as conjugation pattern:

Sing Masc Fem Neut
Nom svollin svolliñ svollið
Acc svollnan svollna svollið
Dat svollnum svollnera svollnu
Plur
Nom svollner svollner svollnuñ
Acc svollna svollner svollnuñ
Dat svollnum svollnum svollnum

Examples of adjectives declined like svolln

lítin [l\i:t`n], ('little') (Note that except for sg. nom., the stem is manifested as lítl- [l\il0l0])
svoltin, ('famished')
fyrfellin, ('decayed')
leisin, ('sad')

Type B1

We'll choose gåmål ('old') as conjugation pattern:

Sing Masc Fem Neut
Nom gåmål gåmål gåmålt
Acc gamblan gambla [gAm`bEl\] gåmålt
Dat gamblum gamblera [gAm`bEl\] gamblu [gAm`bEl\]
Plur
Nom gambler gambler gambluñ
Acc gambla [gAm`bEl\] gambler gambluñ
Dat gamblum gamblum gamblum

Examples of adjectives declined like gåmål

kitål, ('ticklish')





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