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Adjectives belonged (1) to the o- and the a- declensions, as *marvos, *marvâ, *marvon, now marbh, declined like the nouns of o- and a- declen&shy;sions; (2) i- declen&shy;sion, as maith, *matis, *matis, *mati, the neuter nom. being the stem; (3) u- declen&shy;sion, as *tigus, *tigus (?), *tigu, now tiugh; and (4) conso&shy;nantal adj., *tepens, te, téit, etc. Compar&shy;ison was in two ways—(1) caomh: O. Ir. cóem, coemiu, coemem: *koimos, *koimjôs, *koimimos; (2) luath: O. Ir. lúath, lúath&shy;ither, lúathem: *loutos, *louti&shy;teros, *loutimos.

The numerals may be seen in the Dictionary in their Celtic form: *oinos, *dvâ, *treis, etc.

The pronouns are so phonetically gone astray that they cannot be restored.