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The following Adjectives are compared irregularly :
Positive. Comparative. Superlative.
rrjAjc, (moygh) f ojof ^eAjiji, (nees A|* ^CATIJI, (as
good \ far,) far.)
i / n > T, j frctor rneArA, (nees Af n?eAf A.
'
OlC, (UlK,; Dad -\
^ mas-a, j
njoft, (more,) f r>for rno, (nees mow) AJ* n)6.
(beug,) fufor IVSA, (nees
/7#/e, \ lloo-a,)
i|i (ga /7 -ur) f r)|or 3io|ifiA, (nees
Aor#,
,/. 111
\
C
gir-a,)
t)fof trAi&e,
vy v (nees Af
,( iOQQn~aj A f . j ji
ioiddh-e,)
long, j
C^tr 1*1*9 (nees she-a) Af
I
. ,
j (nees) (
, (goir-e)
(nnas-a)
T)eA|"A.
perfect or exceedingly, vji 5le very,
the positive, as very good; fto
strong; AT) bocb very or too poor ; tfy, &lv?r)
before
#00
beautiful; ^'^,\i lfoi)CA sufficiently full ; v]t ffeAl very
humble or lowly ; jte jeAl (generally pronounced 5le
JCA!) very white. 17o and |tj
are sometimes preceded
by 50, as CA rt)6 50 TI] mA^c / /w very, or perfectly
well; c& |* 30 rio borjA /^e is extremely ill. Oe /" it, or
/or f, is often added to comparatives, as ir ^eAjtfi-be
m& ^n I am the better of\ or jfbr that.
" Another comparative, not now in use, occurs sometimes
in our MSS., distinguished by the termination
cip. or c-fp. ;
as 3)llC]|i,
whiter ; sl^ltic^i, greener,
b>?bici|i, blacker. This appears to me to be the same
as the Persian comparative in tar; as khub, fair;
khubtar, fairer; in Irish, CAerb, c