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Rh roots, by prefixing အ, as အ&#8203;သစ်, new, and by reduplicating the root, as ကောင်း&#8203;ကောင်း, good. Such adjectives are commonly affixed to their nouns; but အ&#8203;များ, from များ, to be many, follows the general rule, as အ&#8203;များ&#8203;သော&#8203;ဆ&#8203;ရာ, or ဆ&#8203;ရာ&#8203;အ&#8203;များ, many teachers.

The imperfect degree of comparison is sometimes made, by shortening and reduplicating the verbal root, as ချို့&#8203;ချို့ sweetish, from ချို, to be sweet, ခ&#8203;ခ, bitterish, from ခါး, to be bitter; sometimes, by affixing ခပ် to the root reduplicated, as ခပ်&#8203;ဆိုး&#8203;ဆိုး, rather bad; and sometimes, by shortening the root, and affixing reduplicated chiming increments, as ချို့&#8203;တို့&#8203;တို့ sweetish, ငန့်&#8203;တန့်&#8203;တန့်, saltish.

The comparative degree is made, by means of the secondary noun အ&#8203;ထက်, or အောက်, and a verb, as အိမ်&#8203;ထက်&#8203;ကြီး&#8203;သည်, to be greater than the house, or by a circumlocution of verbs, as သာ&#8203;၍&#8203;ကြီး&#8203;သည်, to exceed in greatness, or be greater.

The superlative degree is made, by prefixing အ, and affixing ဆုံး to the verbal root, as အ&#8203;မြတ်&#8203;ဆုံး, most excellent; and is joined to nouns, according to the general rule, as အ&#8203;မြတ်&#8203;ဆုံး&#8203;သော&#8203;လူ, or လူ&#8203;အ&#8203;မြတ်&#8203;ဆုံး, the most excellent man.