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(haîf)<br />

(^jlj (zhare)<br />

olj (wa'h)<br />

4ulliLi (mash-alla)<br />

^jl(ökh)<br />

^jl (ökh-aî)<br />

liU- (hasha)<br />

41)1^iil.-! (astaghfarulla)<br />

I (insh-alla)<br />

^«^]| (al ham-laî) or<br />

,4UJU^!l(al hamdu lilla)<br />

A..^s- (a'îba)<br />

e\j (pa'h) or<br />

dX_ (pak)<br />

olo (pia'h)<br />

L>-^ (marhaba)<br />

4l!lj(öalla)<br />

4l]\;(billa)<br />

INTERJECTIONS 215<br />

pity!, it's a pity!<br />

poor thing!<br />

wonderful, dear me!.<br />

Oh, I am glad!<br />

Oh, I am glad !, hurrah !<br />

God forbid!<br />

God forbid !, God forgive<br />

me!<br />

please God!, God wilHng!<br />

praise be to God!<br />

shame !<br />

poh!, listen. to that!, look at<br />

that!<br />

pshaw !, thrash !, nonsense !<br />

hail ! (friendly greeting)<br />

4Ul"j(ûtaIla) J<br />

CHAPTER X<br />

THE FORMATION OF KURDISH WORDS<br />

Nouns<br />

> by God!<br />

385. Abstract nouns are generally formed in Kurdish by<br />

adding y.> (yati), (ati), or (it!) to nouns and adjectives. If<br />

the word ends in a consonant, usually 'zir' (i), and occa-

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