a-practical-kurdish-grammar

32 A PRACTICAL KURDISH GRAMMAR
72. There are also other ways of forming the plural in
Kurdish, which we find employed in some local dialects, and
which the student should know.
Around Sinna, the suffix JS (gal) is used as a plural
ending. Ex. ^':i^ (kûr-a-gal) 'boys', J^^ (i^i^h-
a-gal) 'girls', etc. The connective vowel 1 (a) is inserted
between the noun and the plural ending
Around Garroose, and at Kermanshah, the suffix Jj (il)
is employed as a plural ending. Ex. Jjjy (kûr-îl) 'boys',
J^(kich-il) 'girls', etc.
In some parts of Kurdistan, according to Prof. Beresin, the
suffix j (te) or aJ (ta), with the connective vowel _
(a) inserted, is employed as a plural ending. This would
make the word ^J'^p (kiir-a-te) or aJJ^ (kûr-a-ta)
for 'boys'. It is not impossible, however, that this