The ṣifah or the adjective follows the noun it describes, agreeing with it in gender, definiteness, number and case.
البَيتُ الكَبِير the big house
البُيوت الكَبِيرَة the big houses
البِنتُ الصَّغِيرَة the small girl
البَناتُ الصِّغار the small girls
Note: The plural of inanimate objects in the masculine form are treated as feminine singular.
رَأَيتُ مَسجِدًا كَبِيرًا
I saw a big mosque
سَلَّمتُ على صَدِيقِي الحَمِيمِ
I greeted my close friend
More Adjectives
حَسَن good
ذَكِيّ intelligent
قَرِيب near
بَعِيد far
جَدِيد new
قَدِيم old
سَيِّئ bad
More Examples
الْفُستَانُ الْجَمِيلُ The beautiful robe
الغُرفَةُ الوَاسِعَةُ The spacious room
رَجُلٌ مُسِنٌ An old man
دَفْتَرٌ جَدِيدٌ A new notebook
أَخْلَاقٌ رَائِعَةٌ exemplary character
طَرِيقٌ طَوِيلٌ a long road
قَرَارٌ سيّئٌ a bad decision
طَعَامٌ لَذِيذٌ delicious food
صَومٌ مَقبُولٌ an accepted fasting
ذَهَبْتُ اِلَى النَهْرِ الكَبيرِ I went to the large river
اِشْتَرَيْتُ قِصَّةً جَدِيدَةً I bought a new story
هَذَا وَلَدٌ مُهَذَبٌ This is a polite boy
