Dhməhyēn adjectives are inflected according to gender, number, and case agreeing with the noun they modify, utilizing the same patterns and endings as nouns. Adjectives may also have an ending for degree of comparison.
Adjective Placement
Adjectives come before the noun they modify. When multiple adjectives modify the same noun, the order is Quantity – Opinion – Size – Age – Shape – Color – Origin – Material – Purpose. If used in the predicate, the adjective will instead follow the noun it modifies, taking the object slot in the sentence, although it will still agree with the noun it modifies.
Adjectival Agreement
Adjectives agree with the noun they modify in case, number, and gender. Masculine and neuter adjectives are only distinguishable in the nominative and vocative singular and plural and in the accusative singular. Masculine and feminine are only distinguishable in the first declension.
Comparison
Adjectives distinguish between the contrastive, comparative, and superlative.
- The contrastive is formed by using the ending -tero- and is used when only two nouns are being compared, or when two nouns are implied.
- The comparative is formed by using the ending -yes- and are used on non-absolute comparisons.
- The superlative is formed by using the ending -isto- and are used of absolute comparisons.
| Masculine | Neuter | Feminine | |
| Positive | əhtōn | əhtonəm | əhtōn |
| Comparative | əhtənyēs | əhtənyesəm | əhtənyēs |
| Contrastive | əhtonteros | əhtonterom | əhtontereh |
| Superlative | əhtonistos | əhtonistom | əhtonisteh |