Degree: degree of comparison
Degree of comparison is inflectional feature of some adjectives and adverbs.
Pos: positive, first degree
This is the base form that merely states a quality of something, without comparing it to qualities of others. Note that although this degree is traditionally called “positive”, negative properties can be compared, too.
Examples
- молода людина “young person”
Cmp: comparative, second degree
The quality of one object is compared to the same quality of another object.
Examples
- Цей чоловік молодший, ніж тамтой. “This man is younger than that one.”
Sup: superlative, third degree
The quality of one object is compared to the same quality of all other objects within a set.
Examples
- Це наймолодша людина в нашій команді. “This is the youngest person in our team”
Abs: absolute superlative
The quality of the given object is so strong that there is hardly any other object exceeding it. The quality is not actually compared to any particular set of objects but rather to the abilities of its carriers. In Ukrainian this degree is most often used with adverbs.
Examples
- якнайвище, щонайкраще “very high”, “the best possible / as good as one can”
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