Adjective (Adjectiu)

As in the other Romance languages (and unlike in English), the adjectives in Occitan agree in gender and number with the nouns they refer to, cf.:

• dròlle educat educated boy   :   dròlles educats educated boys;
• dròlla educada educated girl :   dròllas educadas educated girls.

Gender of the Adjectives (Genre dels Adjectius)
As a rule, the feminine of the adjective is obtained by adding -a to the masculine, cf.:

• novèl : novèla new;
• fresc : fresca fresh, cool;
• sord : sorda deaf;
• tardièr : tardièra late.

Adjectives of two forms

Adjectives ending in the masculine by -e or -èu change -e or -u to -a to form their feminine, cf.:

• nòble : nòbla noble;
• contemporanèu : contemporanèa contemporary.

Some adjectives ending in the masculine by -u change that -u to -v before adding -a to form their feminine, cf.:

• nòu : nòva new;
• suau : suava mild;
• viu : viva alive.

• volador : voladoira which can fly;
• conductor : conductritz conductive.

Adjectives of one form

Some adjectives have only one form for masculine and feminine. Except for the adjectives ended by -a, the majority of the other uniform adjectives was inherited in Occitan from the Latin adjectives of the third declension. They are no longer productive, and are only to be found in compound substantives, place names, or isolated adjectives.
 

Masculine	Feminine
partit comunista  communist party  òme jove   young man  ostal màger  big(ger) house	organizacion comunista  communist organization femna jove   young woman carrièra màger  high street aigardent  brandy, spirits La Parròquial  place name

Plural of the Adjectives (Plural dels Adjectius)
 

Termination	Plural	Examples
vowel	+ -s	nòble : nòbles  ; polida : polidas
consonant	+ -s	grand : grands; volador : voladors
stressed vowel	+ -es	anglés : angleses; gos : gosses dogs; tròç : tròces pieces

See for more details Plural of the Nouns.
 

Degree of the Adjectives (Gra dels Adjectius)
 

Comparative Degree	Formation	Examples
of Superiority	mai (plus) + ADJ + que	Es mai bèl que Joan. He is taller than Juan.
of Equality	tant + ADJ + coma	Es tant biaissuda coma sa maire. She is as quick as her mother.
of Inferiority	mens + ADJ. + que	Soi mens inteligent que tu. I am less inteligent than you.

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Superlative Degree	Formation	Examples
Absolute Synthectic	sobre-, subre- + ADJ. (Literary usage)	sobrebèl very big, very beautiful subrenaut very high
Absolute Analytical	plan, fòrça, mai que mai + ADJ.	plan grand very big fòrça mal very bad mai que mai pèc very stupid
	reduplication of the ADJ.	pichòt pichòt very small
Relative of Superiority	DEF. ART. +  mai (plus) + ADJ.	Aquò es lo mai vièlh It is the most ancient. Foguèt la mai biaissuda She was the most skilful.
Relativo of Inferiority	DEF. ART. +  mens + ADJ.	Foguèt la mens biaissuda She was the least skilful.

Irregular Degrees (Comparatius e Superlatius irregulars)
 

Adjective	Comparative		Superlative
	Regular	Irregular	Regular	Irregular
bòn good	mai bòn	melhor	plan bon	--
mal bad	mai mal	pièger	fòrça mal	--
grand, bèl big	mai grand, mai bèl	màger	mai que mai grand	--
manit little	mai manit	mendre	manit manit	mínim (rare)
alt   high	mai alt	superior	fòrça alt	suprèm (rare)
bas   low	mai bas	inferior	plan bas	ínfim (rare)

See the Irregular suppletive degrees in Latin.