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ON THE INTRODUCTION OF 



V. The active and passive participlesof transitive verbs 

 form, with a following substantive having the article 

 2>S prefixed to it, compounds corresponding to that of 

 tf^uyi , which are used in the Persian as substan- 

 tives and as adjectives. 



Ex. *, i 



i. as a sub. a nominative to <-***' J-»aijij <Xx>~« he evades a de- 

 the verb, cision 



2. as an ad. qualifying a sub. *~dzx>3) <-*^.)j (ja^X, a person de- 

 serving respect 



^jLwaXJJ e^kX* *Ji" a pen cut short 

 in the point 



OF ARABIC ADJECTIVES resembling PAR- 

 TICIPLES. 



I. The forms ^y*> ^-j^ (:J a^ represent three spe- 

 cies of Arabic words which are derived from intran- 

 sitive verbs ; and called by Arabic grammarians, ad- 

 jectives resembling participles. The singulars of 

 these forms are used in the Persian both as adjectives 

 and substantives. 



Ex. *_ 



i. as a sub. qualified by the pronoun jj js. qj) that respecta- 

 dem. ble person 



2. with a verb, *-**"' J^.J*" he is wicked 



3. as an ad. qualifying a sub. ft>^° ^**.j^ an old friend 



II. Their plurals are used in the Persian as sub- 

 stantives. 



Ex. 



1. governing a sub. fol. (• >^>rf ^^♦^ :Sfc the learned 



men of Greece 



2. agreeing with an ad. fol. ^l$J«J L» t?lij-K noblemen of 



integrity 



