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IDIOMS. 8 1
thirteen men ; q\i b"LiAt)nA pceA'O, twenty-three years. In
naming Sovereigns we sometimes use the cardinal number
(not ordinal), but the more general method in such cases
is to use the ordinal number : as, Ati -oa^a henpí, the second
Henry, Henry II.
2. Some monosyllabic adjectives which
are generally compounded with the noun so
as to form but one word : as, 'oe&g-'óuine, a
good man.
The principal of these are — *oeA£, good ; -ojaoc, bad,
fAob, evil, -peAn, old, which always precede the noun
THA1C, olc, AO-poA, which have the same meaning, follow the
noun. It is not unusual to find other monosyllabic
adjectives sometimes preceding the noun: as, Áfvo, buAn,
•OAon, 'oeA^b, •oiati, p'on, 5eÁ|\j\, gbAti, rtiAOC, móp, nAom
tiUAb, 05, cporn, and some others.
Note. — The predicate, whether a noun or
an adjective, precedes the noun when the
assertive verb if, or any of its forms, is em-
ployed in ascribing an attribute or quality to
the noun, as if iridic Ml f5 eu ^ ® it is a good
story. This is an emphatic form, and in it
the adjective suffers no change whatsoever.
Here triAic is not the qualifying adjective in the ordinary
sense — the statement made qualifies r5 eu ^ : T * s impersonal.
But in ír y eA-p triAic é, he is a good man, &c, the adjec-
tive qualifies the noun.