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===Adjectives and Adverbs===
===Adjectives and Adverbs===
Kiravic adjectives inflect for five degrees (indicative, comparative, superlative, excessive, abessive, and sufficient). All adjectives precede the nouns they modify, and do not agree with them in case or number.  
Kiravic adjectives inflect for five degrees (indicative, comparative, and superlative). Adjectives precede the nouns they modify [[Kiravic_Coscivian#Copulas|except in zero-copula phrases]], and are not inflected to agree with them in class, case, or number.


There are four adjectivial declensions in Kiravic:
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I. ''-ix''
There are four adjectival declensions in Kiravic:
II. ''-ax''
III. ''-óx''
IV. auxilliary


All adverbs are notionally derived from adjectives by switching the final ''-x'' to an ''-s'' (''kávix'' ("good") → ''kávis'' ("well"), ''lādéx kèokrúd'' ("stronger than steel") → ''lādés kèokrúd'' ("more strongly than steel")).
I. ''-ix'' (''-éx'', ''íx'')
II. ''-ax'' (''-áx'', ''-úx'')
III. ''-óx'' (''-ûx'', ''-ōx'')
IV. ''-ux'' (numerals), ''-ox'' (ordinals)
 
All adverbs are notionally derived from adjectives by switching the final ''-x'' to an ''-s'' (''kávix'' "good" → ''kávis'' "well", ''lādéx tarśumt'' "stronger than iron" → ''lādés tarśumt'' "more strongly than iron").


===Verbs===
===Verbs===

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