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# ''Used to form {{HVgl|adverbs}} from the base (positive) form of {{HVgl|class I}} {{HVgl|adjectives}}, equivalent to English ''-ly'', and to form the adverbial suffixes for {{HVgl|equative}}, {{HVgl|comparative}} and {{HVgl|superlative}} adjectives of all three declensions, there sometimes surfacing also as ''-rī''.''
# ''Used to form {{HVgl|adverbs}} from the base (positive) form of {{HVgl|class I}} {{HVgl|adjectives}}, equivalent to English ''-ly'', and to form the adverbial suffixes for {{HVgl|equative}} and {{HVgl|comparative}} adverbs of all three declensions, there surfacing as ''-rī''.''
#: {{m|hval|hēnka||similar}} → {{m|hval|hēnkirī||similarly}}
#: {{m|hval|hēnka||similar}} → {{m|hval|hēnkirī||similarly}}
#: {{m|hval|hēnkāje||most similar}} → {{m|hval|hēnkājirī||most similarly}}
#: {{m|hval|hēnkykta||more similar}} → {{m|hval|hēnkȳtrī||more similarly}}


====Derived Terms====
====Derived Terms====

Revision as of 03:39, 27 August 2022

High Valyrian

Etymology

From an invisible proto-language
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Suffix

-irī

  1. Used to form adverbs from the base (positive) form of class I adjectives, equivalent to English -ly, and to form the adverbial suffixes for equative and comparative adverbs of all three declensions, there surfacing as -rī.
    hēnka (similar)hēnkirī (similarly)
    hēnkykta (more similar)hēnkȳtrī (more similarly)

Derived Terms

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