| Some adjectives have irregular-looking superlative forms
because those adjectives have stems that end in a liquid vowel (-l or -r).
Adjectives ending in -er in the nominative case double the final -r when forming the superlative:
Adjectives ending in -ilis (stem ending in -l) double the -l at the end of the stem to form the superlative
The comparative forms of these are normal (celer, celerior; miser, miserior; pulcher, pulcherior; facilis, facilior; difficilis, difficilior) |
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Last Updated March 18, 2003 Questions, comments and corrections should be sent to Brian K. Harvey, Kent State University |
