1880.] 



ADJECTIVES. 



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dni. This is the most usual plural suffix, being always used i'or the 

 genitive and ablative; e. g., 



pa^/itani khund, the vale of poplars. 

 (7). The suffix e. 



e is used in the sense of an indefinite article ; e. g., mard ' man' ; 

 marde 'a man.' 



The indefinite base formed by the suffix e is used as a base of inflec- 

 tion, the case endings following the e. Thus from mardo we get marded 

 and mardedr. 



ADJECTIVES. 



1. Adjectives are formed by the terminations i, e«, ena, tigli, o, and 

 egh from nouns and adverbs ; e. g., 



i. 



demi, former 



from 



dem 





phaJ/ii, hinder 



5) 



pharf/tii 



ena. 



mardew, manly 



» 



mard 





nury/.rae;^, 1^.^^-^^^^ 



;! 



nuy/a'a 





nuy«raena, J 







gandayA, bad 



)» 



gand 



o. 



gwa^Zfo, windy 



)? 



gwa^/t 



Qgh. 



(im-Qgh, wooden 



5> 



dar 



2. Adjectives precede nouns and generally take the termination en 

 when used with nouns, unless the original termination happens to be Qn ; as, 



nuyArae« aden, a silver mirror 

 but 



g'wa.thoen halwar, windy talk. 



The adjectives jowai«, good, kisai??, small, and mazain, great, form respec- 

 tively before nouns jowane;z, kisane??, and mazanere. 



3. Comparison. The comparative degree is formed by the suffix 

 thar, thir, or tar ; e. g., 



kisai?! comp. kisanthar and kasthar 

 burz „ burzatbir 



mazaire „ masthar 

 jowai« „ jovvanthar 

 sak „ saktbar, 



the base being sometimes slightly modified. The word bathir (Pers. bihtai') 

 is sometimes used with other adjectives to express comparison ; as, 

 bathir ganday//, worse. 

 The word geshtar " more" corresponds to the Pers. beshtar, but ihe 

 positive is wanting in lialochi. 

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