The textbook adds two cautions. Direct formation of tafḍīl from certain non-basic triliteral verbs is not treated like the regular basic pattern; when needed, a comparative such as أَكْثَرُ can introduce the relevant verbal noun. Also, forms such as أَسْوَدُ ('black') and أَعْوَرُ ('one-eyed') are lexical adjectives rather than comparatives in these uses.
أَكْثَرُ اِجْتِهَادًا مِنْ عَمْرٍو
Translation: one who exerts more effort than ʿAmr.
Here the verbal noun expresses the dimension in which the degree is greater.
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Special Comparative Conditions
The textbook adds two cautions. Direct formation of tafḍīl from certain non-basic triliteral verbs is not treated like the regular basic pattern; when needed, a comparative such as أَكْثَرُ can introduce the relevant verbal noun. Also, forms such as أَسْوَدُ ('black') and أَعْوَرُ ('one-eyed') are lexical adjectives rather than comparatives in these uses.
أَكْثَرُ اِجْتِهَادًا مِنْ عَمْرٍو
Translation: one who exerts more effort than ʿAmr.
Here the verbal noun expresses the dimension in which the degree is greater.