A noun and its adjective are joined by the ezafe ی.

ckb.morph.ezafe-missing · Warning · Word form

Sorani links a noun to the adjective after it with ی: پیاوی باش, "a good man". Without it the two words do not form a phrase.

Examples

Wrong	Right
پیاو باش	پیاوی باش
کتێب نوێ	کتێبی نوێ

Lessons

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

Related rules

• In "the good man" the definite ending goes on the adjective.
• After this stem the ending for "the" takes another form.
• After this stem the ending for "a" takes another form.
• After a number the noun stays singular.