In "the good man" the definite ending goes on the adjective.

ckb.morph.definite-adjective-order · Warning · Word form

When a definite noun has an adjective, the noun takes ە and the adjective takes the ending: پیاوە باشەکە. پیاوەکە باشە is a different thing: a sentence, "the man is good".

Examples

Wrong	Right
پیاوەکە باش	پیاوە باشەکە
ژنەکە جوان	ژنە جوانەکە

Lessons

• Lesson 9: Ezafe: linking nouns and adjectives
• Lesson 23: The written standard and common errors

Related rules

• After this stem the ending for "the" takes another form.
• A noun and its adjective are joined by the ezafe ی.
• After this stem the ending for "a" takes another form.
• After a number the noun stays singular.