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Adjectives agree with the noun they modify in gender and definiteness.
Adjectives agree with the noun they modify in gender and definiteness.


The definite article is ''ha-'', which is prefixed to the noun/adjective causes the first consonant to geminate if it is not pharngeal or glottal. There is no indefinite article.
The definite article is ''han-'', which is prefixed to the noun/adjective. Before a non-guttural consonant (i.e. any consonant besides ''’, h, ‘, ḥ, ġ, ḫ''), the ''-n-'' is dropped and the first consonant of the noun/verb is geminated. There is no indefinite article.


Below is an example declension for the adjective ''bān'' "clear":
Below is an example declension for the adjective ''bān'' "clear":