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166.

Irregular Comparison.

POSITIVE. COMPARATIVE.
beag, little or small luġa
fada, long fuide, faide, sia
mór, big
olc, bad measa
maiṫ, good fearr
gearr, short giorra
breáġ,[1] fine breáġṫa
minic, often minicí, mionca
te (teiṫ), warm teó
tirim, dry tiorma
furus(a)
urus
easy fusa
usa
ionṁuin, dear, beloved ionṁuine or annsa
gar, near (of place) goire
fogus, near foigse
foisge
treun, brave, strong tréine
treise
gránda, ugly gráinde
árd, high áirde
airde
aoirde
iomḋa, many or lia (more numerous)

Neasa and túisge, nearer, sooner, are comparatives which have no positive.

N.B.—The superlatives of the above adjectives have exactly the same forms as the comparatives.

  1. This word was formerly spelled breáġḋa or breáġṫa, and these forms may be used in the plural.