Adjective Agreement & Pluralization

Adjective Morphology

Oromo adjectives must agree with the noun's gender and number.

Gender Marking

• Group 1 (-aa/-oo): Guddaa (m) / Guddoo (f) - Big.
• Group 2 (-aa/-tuu): Dheeraa (m) / Dheertuu (f) - Tall.
• Group 3 (-eessa/-eettii): Dureessa (m) / Dureettii (f) - Rich.

Pluralization (Reduplication)

Adjectives often pluralize by repeating the first syllable.

• Guddaa -> Gurguddaa (Big ones)
• Xinnaa -> Xixinnaa (Small ones)
• Dheeraa -> Dhedheeraa (Tall ones)