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The superlative suffix –st is used to morphologically convert adjectives in the positive degree to adjectives in the superlative degree.

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The superlative suffix –st is used to convert adjectives in the positive degree to adjectives in the superlative degree. Some examples:

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a. heech - heechst
high - highest
b. tûk - tûkst
smart - smartest
c. skier - skierst
drab - drabbest

The following superlatives are irregular with respect to the positive degree, but regular with respect to the comparative degree. Put differently, it is not the comparative and superlative which are irregular, but it is the positive degree which is irregular (or suppletive):

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a. goed - better - best
good - better - best
b. graach - leaver - leafst
gladly - preferably - rather/sooner
c. ier - earder - earst
early - earlier - earliest
d. folle - mear - meast
much/many - more - most
e. min / in bytsje - minder - minst
bad/little - less - least

For more detailed information about morphological irregularities, see Inflection on adjectives in Frisian morphology.

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