Re: Degrees of adjectives

On 4 Feb 2005, at 6.47 pm, Ray Brown wrote:

> There is another degree that is found in the Insular Celtic langs (a
> feature which AFAIK they do _not_ share with the Semitic langs!) and
> that
> is the _equative_: as X is as adj as Z.
> Cf. Welsh:
> cryf (strong)   cryfed (as strong [as])   cryfach (stronger)   cryfa
> (strongest)
> da (good)       cystal (as good [as])     gwell (better)       gorau
> (best)
Nifty feature :). Is _gwell_ borrowed from/related to English 'well'?

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Tristan.

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