زَيْدٌ أَفْضَلُ مِنْ خَالِدٍ. / زَيْدٌ الْأَفْضَلُ. / زَيْدٌ أَفْضَلُ الْقَوْمِ.
All three use an elative predicate, but the comparative mechanism is different: min, al, or iḍāfah.
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Three Valid Structures, One Subject
Ism al-Tafḍīl: Formation, Comparison, Agreement and Parsing
زَيْدٌ أَفْضَلُ مِنْ خَالِدٍ. / زَيْدٌ الْأَفْضَلُ. / زَيْدٌ أَفْضَلُ الْقَوْمِ.
All three use an elative predicate, but the comparative mechanism is different: min, al, or iḍāfah.