a-practical-kurdish-grammar

45. Exercise in Spelling :
VOWEL CHANGES 23
^\i (bab) 'father', Ba-Alif-Ba, 'bab'.
dlb (daik) 'mother', Dal-Alif-Ya-Kaf, 'daik'.
j^(kûr) 'boy', 'Kaf-Waw-Ra, 'kûr'.
rtS (kich) 'girl', Kaf-zir-Chim, 'kich'.
^j^(wara) 'come!', Waw-zabar (wa), Ra-Ha (ra),
'wara!
jj> (biro) 'go!', Ba-zir (bi), Ra-Waw (ro), 'biro.'
j»;U(hatim) 'I came', Ha-Alif (ha), Ta-zir-Mim (tim),
'hatim'.
jjj\ (aûrö) 'to-day', Alif-Waw (aû), Ra-Waw (rö), 'aûrö'.
t,^ (lera) 'here', Lam-ya (le), Ra-Ha (ra), 'lera'.
,J^^ (sibhaine) 'to-morrow', Sad-zir-Ba (sib), Ha-zabar-
Ya (hai), 'sib-hai', Nun-Ya (ne), 'sibhaine'.
Vowel Changes
46. The vowels in Kurdish are often changed by assimila¬
tion, contraction, and substitution, and .sometimes by a pro¬
longed pronunciation. These changes, however, are very irre¬
gular, and there are many exceptions to the rules.
47. Assimilation: (1.) A short vowel is.often assimilated
by a preceding or following long vowel. Examples : dllJLj
(pishilek) 'a cat', for dXjLij^ (pishlla-ek) ; dAjL^ (meshek)
'a forest', for dlö^ (mesha-ek) ; dUa> (qissek) 'a word',
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