a-practical-kurdish-grammar

38 A PRACTICAL KURDISH GRAMMAR
(preceded by \ , 'zabar', or J ), or in the consonants J
or P (preceded by \ or 'zabar'), usually take the case-end¬
ing (e).
Examples: (Nouns taking the case-ending 'i') : (j\j)
(bra-i) 'brother'; J^ (qissa-i) 'word'; ^\; (bab-i) 'father';
iCi^ (dalk-i) 'mother', etc. (Nouns taking the case-end¬
ing 'e') : (S^ (shaw-e) 'night' ; J^^^^ (sibhaine) 'morn¬
ing'; jy^-ş- (chöm-e) 'river'; ^ylj (wan-e) 'Wan'; t^j^
(qörr-e) 'mud'; ^U (mal-e) 'house'; ^%>-j^ (saijj-
balagh-e) 'Soujbulak', etc.
94. The Nominative Case is formed, as a rule, by suffixing
the definite or indefinite arricle to the original stem of the
noun.
Examples: a^[. (malaka) 'the house', 4JU jI (au mala)
'the house' (lit. 'this or that house'), dUU (maiek) 'a house' ;
iii jL (piawaka) 'the man', oj[^_ j\ (au piawa) 'the man',
dJbjU (piawek) 'a man'; ,^^1^ (katebaka) 'the book',
4_2^^Kaû kateba) 'the book', dL^ (katebek) 'a book,'
etc.
95. The Genitive Case is formed by employing the pre-
posirion ^_^[ (i) 'of, with or without the arricle suffixes.
Examples: JU (j\ (i mal-e) 'of the house' (without any
definite article), JiCiU (S\ (i malaka-i) 'of the house',
JU j\ (j;|(i au mala-i) 'of the (this or that)house'..
96. In a sentence, the preposition cj,]^ (i) is contracted into
the preposirional suffix ^1 (-i). Ex. iS\^>\ (S'^ A ^y^-T^
(haspaka-i bra-i padisha-i) 'the horse of the King's brother'.