a-practical-kurdish-grammar

ADJECTIVES 53
Note. The superlative may also be said to bo formed by the ablative
of the word _y** (hamu) or ;ji »** (humûan) 'all', placed before
the comparative. The preposition 4) (la) 'from', is in this connection
the same as our English 'than'.
136. VOCABULARY
jdu (blind) tall, high
ijU- (chak) good
j^_ (pir) old
>j-^ (sard) cold
EXERCLSE II
ö^y^ (jûan) beautiful
j,j (rash) black
fjÇ) (gaiira) big
/S (garm) warm
A tali man. A beautiful house. A good boy. .A. better boy.
The good horse. The best horse. The blackest horse. The
old man. The oldest man. The best book. The biggest
book. A cold day. A colder day. The coldest day. The
tallest boy. This big boy. That beautiful book. A warm
day. A warmer day. The warmest daj'. The coldest night.
Numeral Adjectives
137. The numeral adjectives are the 'cardinals', ordinals',
'fractionals', 'multiples', and 'distributives.' Like other ad¬
jectives, they usually follow the noun. Exceptions to this
rule, however, will be referred to under 'cardinals' and 'frac¬
tionals'.
Cardinals
138. The cardinal numbers in Kurdish are so nearly alike
the cardinals of the Persian language, that it is somerimes very
difficiilt to distinguish them.