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A PRACTICAL KURDISH GRAMMAR
the ^^ of the Indefinite Article suffix dl (ek). Examples:
cii^ (quis-ek) 'a word' ; dLl^ (mesh-ek) 'a forest' ;
cflLl! (pishil-ek) 'a cat'. (See 47, 1.)
87. Final j , in a substantive, is usually pronounced and
transcribed 'w', Vv'hen followed by the Indefinite Arricle suf¬
fix di) (ek). Examples: dljU (chaw-ek) 'an eye'; dLp.
(shaw-ek) 'a night' ; dljli) (laghaw-ek) 'a bridle'. The j
is occasionally written 'û' even in these words, and especially
so if it is preceded by a consonant. Ex. di)_^ \f- (jûanii-ek)
'a colt'.
^88. Final (_$ , in a substantive, is somerimes contracted
with the t5 of the suffix dl (ek), (See 48) ; but very often
both are retained, or only one is writen with a duplicarion
mark placed over it, and in either case, 'y' is inserted as a
connective. Examples: dby (tre-yek) 'a grape', may also
be written SL} ; dJL^^(kursi-yek) 'a chair'; dLjj":)
(darzi-yek) 'a needle', 'a tailor', etc.
89. A substanrive with the Indefinite Arricle suffix diji
(ek), is very often used in a plural sense in connecrion with
the definite and indefinite numerals. Examples: d\JU C^-^
(bist mal-ek) 'twenty houses' ; dUU X^ (chand mal-ek)
'several houses', or if used interrogatively, it means: 'How
many houses?'; '^':> ^.J^ 3^ (hamu kar-eki dakam) 'I
do all kinds of work' ; -^'i jj3 ^J^.j^ (kher-eki zör dakan)
'They do much charity.' <
To this peculiar class of words may also be classed the
Adverb dXjlJb (hend-ek) 'some', 'a few', which is a com-