Multiplicative pronouns are nominal pronouns which are used (as determinative focuses) within the syntax of multiplicative numerals (see 6•۳•a.).
The following noun phrases are applied as multiplicative pronouns in Persian:
- The copulative composition /bær-ɒ-bær/ برابر (from the noun /bær/ بر with the meaning “height” and the interfix /-ɒ-/):
نعمتِ ما به چشمِ همسایه
سد برابر /sæd bær-ɒ-bær/ فزون کند پایه
Rashid Yasemi (19th and 20th Century AD)
- The determiner phrase /ʧænd-ɒn/ چندان (= [NP[NP/ʧænd/ چند] [DetPenclitical demonstrative pronoun /-ɒn/ آن]]) with the meaning “that amount”.
دو چندان /do ʧænd-ɒn/ که رشتی به روزی برشت
شمارَش همی بر زمین بر نوشت
Ferdowsi (10th and 11th Century AD)
گر هزارم جفا و جور کنی
دوست دارم هزار چندانت /hezɒr ʧænd-ɒn/
Saadi (12th and 13th Century AD)
- In archaic idioms, also the personal pronoun /væj/ وی with the meaning “it”:
گر صالح و گر فاسق، بر فطرتِ خویشم من
گو: «تخمِ نکو بفشان، از ما بستان ده وی /dæh væj/»
Nazari Ghohestani (13th and 14th Century AD)