Breakdown of داروی ضد کک به اندازه داروی ضد کنه گران نیست.
بودنbudan
to be
بهbe
to
داروdâru
medicine
گرانgerân
expensive
اندازهandâze
size / amount
ضدzedd
anti- / counter-
ککkak
flea
کنهkane
tick
Questions & Answers about داروی ضد کک به اندازه داروی ضد کنه گران نیست.
Why does zedd take an ezafe in zedd-e kak? Isn't it just a prefix like "anti-" in English?
While it translates perfectly to the prefix "anti-", zedd is grammatically a noun meaning "opposite" or "contrary". Because of this, it uses the ezafe connector to link to the noun it opposes. So zedd-e kak literally acts like "the opposite of a flea".
How do the ezafe connectors stack in the phrase dâru-ye zedd-e kak?
The first ezafe (-ye on dâru) links the head noun "medicine" to its describing phrase. The second ezafe (-e on zedd) is built into the compound adjective itself to link "anti" and "flea". So the whole chain links "medicine" -> "anti" -> "flea".
We know -tar and -tarin are used for comparisons. Why is be andâze used here instead?
The suffixes -tar (more) and -tarin (most) are for unequal comparisons, like saying one thing is "more expensive". To compare two things as equal, or to say one is "not as [adjective] as" another in the negative, Farsi uses be andâze-ye (literally "to the measure/size of") followed by the noun and then the adjective.
Are kak and kane linguistically related, or do they just sound similar?
They just sound similar! Kak means "flea" and kane means "tick". They are distinct, completely standard everyday words for these specific pests.
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