ABSTRACT
As we noted in section 2.1.4, there are two inflectional classes of adjectives: those of the type mortu, -a, -os, -as 'dead', which show an overt gender distinction, and those like forte, -es 'strong', which vary only according to number. The first class is by far the more numerous. There are a handful of adjectives which can be assimilated to the first class except that their masculine singular ending is -0; notably grogo 'yellow', which apparently retains the ending -0 even in the feminine in some dialects (e.g. Nuoro; Pittau 1972: 70), and a few pejorative adjectives such as the following forms cited in Pittau (1972: 70): bolloroddo 'inflated, fat', buluffo 'cretinous', maccocco 'crazy'. We may also note the following invariable adjectives: mattessi 'same', paris 'flat, level, even' and the comparative/superlative forms medzus 'better, best' and pejus 'worse, worst'. Adverbs do not show any inflectional morphology.
