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### 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).

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### 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).

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Irregular comparatives and superlatives (خَيْر / شَرّ)

adjective

adverb

conjunction

determiner

interjection

interrogative

noun

numeral

particle

prefix

preposition

pronoun

sentence

verb

The definite article and locatives (الـ)

Basic noun gender (ة)

Sun and moon letters

Singular subject pronouns (أنا، أنت، هو، هي)

Indefinite nouns and nominal sentences (ـٌ)

Demonstrative pronouns for 'this' (هذا / هذه)

Separate prepositions (في، من، إلى، على)

Attributive adjectives

Predicative adjectives

Yes/No questions (هل، أ)

Basic questions (من، ما، أين)

Singular possessive pronouns (ـي، ـك، ـه، ـها)

Plural subject pronouns (نحن، أنتم، هم)

Plural possessive pronouns (ـنا، ـكم، ـهم)

Noun possession

Attached prepositions (بـ، لـ، كـ)

Pronouns with prepositions

Having and possessing (عند، لـ، مع)

Regular plural nouns (ـون، ـين، ـات)

Broken plurals

Dual nouns (ـان / ـين)

Plural and distant demonstratives (هؤلاء، ذلك، تلك)

Non-human plural agreement

Present tense singular verbs

Verbal sentences (VSO)

Present tense plural verbs

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The indefinite accusative case (ـاً)

Verb object pronouns (-ني، -ك، -ه)

Present tense negation (لا)

Question words with verbs (متى، كيف...)

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Past tense singular suffixes

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Number agreement for 1 and 2 (واحد، اثنان)

Asking how many (كم)

Numbers 3 to 10 (ثلاثة إلى عشرة)

Ordinal numbers 1 to 10 (الأول، الثاني)

Basic conjunctions (فـ، أو، لكن)

Ordering at a café (واحد، اثنان)

Food and drink with conjunctions (و، ف، أو، لكن)

There is and there are (هناك / ليس هناك)

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Relative pronouns (الذي / التي)

Quantifiers (كل / بعض)

The past tense of 'to be' (كان)

Past possession

Numbers 11 to 19 and tens to 80

Telling time (الساعة)

This book vs this is a book (هذا الكتاب، هذا كتاب)

Greetings (مرحبا، السلام عليكم)

How are you? and goodbye (كيف حالك، مع السلامة)

Nationalities (مصري، مصرية)

Roots and patterns (كتب، كتاب، مكتب)

Politeness (من فضلك، آسف)

Complex possession chains

Colors and traits (أفعل / فعلاء)

Plural colors and traits (فُعْل)

Comparative adjectives (أفعل من)

Superlative adjectives (أفعل)

Adverbs of manner (ـاً)

The nominative case (ـُ)

The genitive case (ـِ)

The accusative case (ـَ)

Dual noun cases (ـان / ـين)

Masculine plurals and 'the best of' (أفضل النجارين)

Emphasizing sentences (إنّ)

Connecting clauses (أنّ)

Reporting speech (قال إنّ)

Expressing contrast (لكنّ)

Comparison and probability (كأنّ, لعلّ)

Distant plural pointing (أولئك)

Plural relative pronouns (الذين, اللواتي)

Past habits (كان + present)

Ongoing actions (ما زال)

Masculine plurals online (مبرمجون، مؤثرون)

Perfective past (قد)

Probability (قد)

The subjunctive mood (أن)

Question	Answer
right thing / correctness	صوابsawâb
better / best (irregular)	خيرkhayr
harm	أذىadhâ
The right thing is better than harm.	الصواب خير من الأذى.as-sawâbu khayrun mina al-adhâ
blackmail	ابتزازibtizâz
worse / worst (irregular)	شرsharr
sin	إثمithm
predicament	ورطةwarta
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
confusion	حيرةhayra
fateful	مصيريmasîrî
We are in confusion about this fateful decision.	نحن في حيرة بشأن هذا القرار المصيري.nahnu fi hayratin bisha'ni hâdhâ al-qarâri al-masîriyyi
rescue (act of saving)	إنقاذinqâdh
Rescue is the best choice now.	الإنقاذ خير خيار الآن.al-inqâdhu khayru khiyârin al-âna
We should have chosen rescue instead of harm.	كان يجب أن نختار الإنقاذ بدلا من الأذى.kâna yajibu an nakhtâra al-inqâdha badalan 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
I am in confusion, is this right or a sin?	أنا في حيرة، أهذا صواب أم إثم؟ana fî hayratin, ahâdhâ sawâbun am ithmun?
The best of people is the one who does the right thing.	خير الناس من يفعل الصواب.khayru n-nâsi man yaf'alu s-sawâba
The worst sin was known after the fateful decision.	عرف شر إثم بعد القرار المصيري.'urifa sharru ithmin ba'da al-qarâri al-masîriyyi.
This situation is fateful, and rescue is a duty.	هذا الموقف مصيري، والإنقاذ واجب.hâdhâ al-mawqifu masîriyyun, wal'inqâdhu wâjibun.
I am in the worst dilemma now.	أنا في شر ورطة الآن.ana fi sharri wartatin al-âna