A comparison may name its reference point with مِنْ (“than”).
زَيْدٌ أَعْلَمُ مِنْ عَمْرٍو — Zayd is more knowledgeable than ʿAmr.
هَذَا الْبَيْتُ أَكْبَرُ مِنْ ذَاكَ — This house is bigger than that one.
The noun following min supplies the standard of comparison; the comparative says the subject exceeds it in degree. In the common comparative construction with min, the masculine singular afʿal can remain unchanged even for feminine or plural referents. The eight-slot table is a paradigm, not an obligatory surface pattern in every sentence.
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Comparison with min
Ism al-Tafḍīl: Meaning, Eight Forms, Patterns and Use
A comparison may name its reference point with مِنْ (“than”).
زَيْدٌ أَعْلَمُ مِنْ عَمْرٍو — Zayd is more knowledgeable than ʿAmr.
هَذَا الْبَيْتُ أَكْبَرُ مِنْ ذَاكَ — This house is bigger than that one.
The noun following min supplies the standard of comparison; the comparative says the subject exceeds it in degree. In the common comparative construction with min, the masculine singular afʿal can remain unchanged even for feminine or plural referents. The eight-slot table is a paradigm, not an obligatory surface pattern in every sentence.