From: Surinna Curtis <redacted>
Date: Sun, 8 Sep 2024 21:25:44 +0000 (-0300)
Subject: Midekh adjective derivation
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Midekh adjective derivation
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diff --git a/Sources/Page/Languages/Midekh.djot b/Sources/Page/Languages/Midekh.djot
index c479c31..29d5916 100644
--- a/Sources/Page/Languages/Midekh.djot
+++ b/Sources/Page/Languages/Midekh.djot
@@ -96,11 +96,15 @@ voiceless coronal stop (t).
 
 ### Adjectives
 
+Unlike nouns and verbs, adjective are not derived from using a
+combination of root and template, with the exception of the active and
+passive participles of verbs.
+Some adjectives are fixed words, but most are the result of affixation
+of other words.
+
 Adjectives are marked for number, gender, and case to match the noun
 modified.
 
-TKTK
-
 ### Nouns
 
 Nouns are marked for number (singular and plural) and case using a
@@ -164,9 +168,7 @@ There are three special forms of each verb:
 Both participles receive the normal affixes for number, gender, and
 case agreement.
 
-TKTK
-
-### Derivational morphology
+## Derivational morphology
 
 The derivational morphology of Midêkʰ is based around the combination
 of a root with a template to form a stem (TKTK).
@@ -191,6 +193,8 @@ This section and the following will primarily use the root `m-d-kʰ` as
 an example to express how roots are combined with templates to form
 stems or words.
 
+### Derivation of noun stems
+
 All noun templates place /i/ between the first two consonants of the
 root, other than the verbal noun patterns which place /ī/ there, a long
 vowel, instead.
@@ -252,6 +256,8 @@ These are summarized below, with more details below:
   "no+i+é+" (f), "si+í+e+" (m).
 * Finally there are verbal noun patterns that are treated below.
 
+### Derivation of verb stems
+
 Verbs are similarly formed by combining a semantic root with one of
 several patterns.
 Unlike nouns, the patterns for verbs are grouped into several "forms",
@@ -337,9 +343,30 @@ forms described after the table.
   indicates that something does not result from the action or does not
   have the quality.
 
+### Derivation of adjectives
+
+As noted above, adjectives are not derived via the combination of a
+root and pattern (other than the participles of verbs).
+Instead most of them arise from affixation of existing words.
+
+Some of these derivational affixes are listed below:
+
+* The prefix "lo-" forms the "relational" adjective from a noun, which
+  indicates that the modified noun is in some fashion related to the
+  noun.
+* The prefix "tr-" negates an adjective.
+* The suffixes "-kor" and "-kel" produce comparative forms of an
+  adjective, with "-kor" indicating more and "-kel" less.
+
+TKTK
+
+## Inflectional morphology
+
+### Noun and adjective inflection
+
 TKTK
 
-### Inflectional morphology
+### Verb inflection
 
 Verb stems produced by derivation are inflected for aspect, mood,
 number, and person.