[[OIcel declension]]
# OIcel declension of adjectives

As in other Germanic languages, OIcel adjectives had strong and weak declensions, with the declension used usually depending on the definiteness of a noun.

## Strong

As in German, the endings of the strong paradigm follow those of the [[OIcel definite article]] and [[OIcel pronominal inflection]] closely.[^nst]

[^nst]: 2013, [[@haugenNorroeneGrammatikIm2013|Norröne Grammatik im Überblick: Altisländisch und Altnorwegisch]], §52.1

| №.case | masc                          | fem                            | neut                          |
| ------ | ----------------------------- | ------------------------------ | ----------------------------- |
| sg.nom | <em class="ling">spak-r</em>  | <em class="ling">spǫk-°</em>   | <em class="ling">spakt</em>   |
| sg.gen | <em class="ling">spak-s</em>  | <em class="ling">spak-rar</em> | <em class="ling">spak-s</em>  |
| sg.dat | <em class="ling">spǫk-um</em> | <em class="ling">spak-ri</em>  | <em class="ling">spǫk-u</em>  |
| sg.acc | <em class="ling">spak-an</em> | <em class="ling">spak-a</em>   | <em class="ling">spǫk-°</em>  |
| pl.nom | <em class="ling">spak-ir</em> | <em class="ling">spak-ar</em>  | <em class="ling">spǫk-°</em>  |
| pl.gen | <em class="ling">spak-ra</em> | <em class="ling">spak-ra</em>  | <em class="ling">spak-ra</em> |
| pl.dat | <em class="ling">spǫk-um</em> | <em class="ling">spǫk-um</em>  | <em class="ling">spǫk-um</em> |
| pl.acc | <em class="ling">spak-a</em>  | <em class="ling">spak-ar</em>  | <em class="ling">spǫk-°</em>  |

These endings occur on certain determiners and on adjectives in the absence of strongly declined determiners,
including predicative usage.

## Weak

As in German, the endings of the weak paradigm show much less variation.
As the name suggests, the endings follow those of [[OIcel n-stems]] in the singular.[^nwe]

[^nwe]: 2013, [[@haugenNorroeneGrammatikIm2013|Norröne Grammatik im Überblick: Altisländisch und Altnorwegisch]], §61

| №.case | masc                          | fem                           | neut                          |
| ------ | ----------------------------- | ----------------------------- | ----------------------------- |
| sg.nom | <em class="ling">spak-i</em>  | <em class="ling">spak-a</em>  | <em class="ling">spak-a</em>  |
| sg.gen | <em class="ling">spak-a</em>  | <em class="ling">spǫk-u</em>  | <em class="ling">spak-a</em>  |
| sg.dat | <em class="ling">spak-a</em>  | <em class="ling">spǫk-u</em>  | <em class="ling">spak-a</em>  |
| sg.acc | <em class="ling">spak-a</em>  | <em class="ling">spǫk-u</em>  | <em class="ling">spak-a</em>  |
| pl.nom | <em class="ling">spǫk-u</em>  | <em class="ling">spǫk-u</em>  | <em class="ling">spǫk-u</em>  |
| pl.gen | <em class="ling">spǫk-u</em>  | <em class="ling">spǫk-u</em>  | <em class="ling">spǫk-u</em>  |
| pl.dat | <em class="ling">spǫk-um</em> | <em class="ling">spǫk-um</em> | <em class="ling">spǫk-um</em> |
| pl.acc | <em class="ling">spǫk-u</em>  | <em class="ling">spǫk-u</em>  | <em class="ling">spǫk-u</em>  |

These endings occur on a handful of determiners and on adjectives in the presence of strongly declined determiners.

## Examples

See [[OIcel noun phrase examples]].

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