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III. These three forms of adjectives, resembling 

 participles, form, with a following substantive having 

 the article ^ prefixed to it, compounds corresponding 

 to that of iS^j^yLy which are used in the Persian 

 both as substantives and adjectives. 



Ex. ^ v _ 



1. as a sub. qualified by the *^y* ^*** = ^ j « y that beauty 



pro. demon. — ^ 



tlX^A^JI jhOo (^j\ that old servant 



2. as a sub. qualified jy *>>»< t-X^tXs?]' *J*XJ the said old ser- 



by an ad. fol. vant 



3. as an ad. qualifying a £***> tXs"') *j «X5 f»-ij>-< a man of long ser- 



sub. going before, } ' vice 



OF PARTICIPLES expressing the Sense of their 

 PRIMITIVES in a stronger Degree. 



I. The forms Joal* ^jyajj^i >.asj are par- 

 ticiples which express the sense of their primitives in 

 a stronger degree; and are sometimes used in the 

 Persian as adjectives. 



Ex. 



1. agreeing with a sub. going before, alio *J^iJ a poisonous me- 



dicine 



2. agreeing with a verb. fol. £*j»\jyyo he is full of pa- 



tience 



t-»j^*> is the form of a participle expressing the 

 sense of the primitive in a less degree ,• but it does 

 not seem to be used in the Persian. 



OF ARABIC SUBSTANTIVES. 



I. The Arabic noun of time and place are fre- 

 quently employed in the Persian ; and the following 

 list exhibits the forms of such as are derived from 

 the first conjugations of the different species of tri- 

 literals. 



