Irregular adjectives

masc. sing.
fem. sing.
masc. plur.
fem. plur.
English
acest aceastâ acestilor acestilor "this, that"
acü acütâ acüns acütâs "sharp; acute"
bél [bêw] belâ béis belâs "beautiful"
ben bunâ bens bunâs "good"
bléu bluâ bléux bluâs "blue"
Européu Européiâ Européux Européiâs "European"
fiir [fir] fiir [fir] fiis [fis] fis [fis] "proud, loyal"
negreu neagrâ negreux neagrâs "black"
nigüt nigüdâ nigüts nigüdâs "zany"
noveu nouâ [nu'ë] noveux nouâs [nu'ës] "new"
nüdâ nüns nüdâs "naked"
proxim proximâ proxims proximâs "next, nearby"
qualsevol qualsevol quáisevois quáisevois "some"
timit timidâ timits timidâs "shy"
vell veâ vells veâs "old"

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Orthographic changes in adjectives

These may make some adjectives seem irregular which are not. Adjectives ending in -ceu and -céu add an i before the feminine ending -â(s) in order to preserve the soft [C] pronunciation, since the letter c is pronounced [k] before â. Similarly, adjectives ending in -cheu and -chéu remove the h before the feminine ending, because c alone represents the hard [k] sound before the letter â.

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