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And in (268), there is no ezafe on dest, ‘hand,’ to connect to the word nezana, ‘ignorant
ones.’
(266) çi tav-ek bu gelo ya geş li çax-ê tarî u (BS7:17)
what morn-INDF for people EZ.F bright in time-EZ.M dark and
şev(-a) reş
night(-EZ.M) black
‘What a bright sunrise for the people, radiance in the dark time and black night!’
(267) gelo lewra di-suj-it dil ku cih(-ê) kew (BS7:24)
People that’s.why IRR-burn.PRS-3SG heart because place(-EZ.M) partridge
evro vala=ye
today vacant=COP.PRS.3SG
‘People! That’s why the heart is burning, because the place of the partridge today is
vacant.’
(268) ketî-m=e dest(-êt) nezan-a (BS2:14)
I fall.PST-1SG=DIR hand(-EZ.PL) ignorant.one-OBL.PL
‘I fell into the hands of ignorant ones (idiots).’
This last example above, (268), is from Sindî’s Gerîanek Di Kurdistanê Da, ‘A
Walk Through Kurdistan.’ In a similar line from the same poem, Sindî did use an ezafe
on the word dest, ‘hand.’
(269) ketîm=e dest-ê har-a (BS2:56)
I fell=DIR hand-EZ.M wild.person-OBL.PL
I fell into the hands of wild people (enemies).
Two other examples where an ezafe was omitted are provided below. In (270),
Sindî left off the feminine ezafe, -ya, on gemî, ‘boat,’ probably to meet a desired number
of syllables for the line. In (271) the ezafe -ê is missing on dem, ‘time.’
(270) bi Kurmancî gemî(-ya) dar-ê li derîa-yê ziman-ê (BS7:19)
with Kurmanji boat(-EZ.F) wood-EZ.M in sea-EZ.M language-EZ.M
xweş
nice
‘With Kurmanji, a wooden boat in the sea of nice language.’
(271) hêjîr-a li dem(-ê) nubar-ê (BS2:2)
fig-EZ.F in time(-EZ.M) spring-OBL.F
‘A fig in the time of spring.’