Irregular Comparatives
In Arabic, comparative adjectives typically follow the (أَفْعَل) pattern. However, two common nouns are irregular: خَيْر (better/best) and شَرّ (worse/worst).
To use them as comparatives, place them in a sentence followed by the preposition مِنْ (than).
| The right thing is better than harm. | الصواب خير من الأذى.as-sawâbu khayrun mina al-adhâ |
| I said that blackmail is worse than murder. | قلت إن الابتزاز شر من القتل.qultu inna-l-ibtizâza sharrun mina-l-qatli |
Irregular Superlatives
These same two words also function as superlatives ("best" and "worst").
To use them this way, place خَيْر or شَرّ directly before a noun in a genitive construction (الإضافة).
| Rescue is the best choice now. | الإنقاذ خير خيار الآن.al-inqâdhu khayru khiyârin al-âna |
| This blackmail is the worst sin in this predicament. | هذا الابتزاز شر إثم في هذه الورطة.hâdhâ al-ibtizâzu sharru ithmin fî hâdhihi al-wartati |
| I am in the worst dilemma now. | أنا في شر ورطة الآن.ana fi sharri wartatin al-âna |
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