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88 Adjectives ending in an unaccented -ig (-lig) -som add in superlative only -st:

Adjectives ending in a single consonant with preceding short vowel double their final consonant before the comparative and superlative terminations:

Adjectives ending in an unstressed -el, -en, (see § 187, 1) -er drop the -e before the comp. and superl. endings:

184. The following adjectives form their comparative and superlative by adding -re (-ere) and -st and at the same time modifying the radical vowel by mutation:

and irregularly:

185. The following adjectives form their comparatives and superlatives of a different stem from the positive: