Degree: degree of comparison
| Values: | Dim | Pos | Sup |
Degree of comparison is used as an inflectional feature of adjectives. There are three degree of comparison in Old Georgian, especially, Diminutive, Positive and Superlative.
Dim: diminutive
The diminutive degree (the so-called ‘-ish degree’) expresses a lesser degree, small size, or, metaphorically, affection towards the entity described by the noun. This degree is often used where modern languages would use the comparative degree.
Examples
- მოთეთრე “whitish, rather white”, მოდიდე “biggish, rather big” etc.
Pos: positive
This is the base form of the adjective, expressing a quality without any comparison.
Examples
- თეთრი “white”, დიდი “big” etc.
Sup: superlative
The quality of one object indicates the highest degree of a quality and is compared to the same quality of all other objects within a set.
Examples
- ხუთეთრჱსი/ხუთეთრესი “the whitest”, ხუდიდჱსი/ხუდიდესი “the biggest” etc.
Degree in other languages: [af] [axm] [bej] [bg] [cs] [cy] [el] [en] [es] [et] [fi] [ga] [grc] [gub] [hu] [hy] [it] [ka] [ky] [la] [naq] [oge] [pcm] [pt] [qpm] [quc] [ru] [sl] [sv] [tr] [tt] [u] [uk] [urj] [uz] [xmf]