ADJ:
Definition
Adjectives are words that typically modify nouns and specify their properties or attributes.
- čahārom rōz or rōz ī čahārom “the fourth day”
- abārīg hamahl ud anōšmār axtarān “the other equally ranking and innumerable stellar constellations”
They may also function as predicates, in case of which the copula can be omitted (especially with 3rd person subjects).
- u=šān xrad weh “and wisdom (is) best for them”
- ān=iz az=iš weh nēst “that one is also not better than that”
- pad hambārkirdan ī kirbag tuxšāg bāš “Be diligent in collecting good deeds!”
Ajectives are rarely inflected. They can be marked for plural, degree, and, possibly as a calque from Avestan, for gender.
- dēwān ī xradstard-ān (plural -ān) “the mentally confused demons”
- ud nazdīk-tar rāh ō rāst wēzišn (comparative -tar) “the nearest way to the right choosing”
- ašōnī mēnōy (instead of ašō) “the righteous (fem.) spirit”
Adjective and NOUN cannot always be distinguished. As any adjective can be used as a noun (ahlaw “righteous” or “the righteous person, believer”) and nouns can be used as adjectives (zardušt “(the prophet) Zardušt” vs. zardušt-tom “being most similar to Zardušt”).
Examples
- wuzurg “big”
- pīr “old”
- suxr “red”
- hindūg “Indian”
- anabesīhišn “undiminishing”
- panǰom “fifth”
- hišt “released”
Border cases
The reflexive xwēš “own, self” is annotated as a pronoun or a possessive determiner (see det:poss).
- pronoun: pid ī xwēš “the father of her/him”
- possessive determiner: xwēš pid “her/his father”
If an adverb modifies a deverbal noun, it is still annotated as an adverb.
- kōšišn ī gyānapattūyīhā “the struggling with dwindling life force”
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