a-practical-kurdish-grammar

ADJECTIVES 57
amples: f^_ (yek-um) 'first', ^ji (do-yum) 'second',
^tt::r^ (se-yum) or j»-r-' 'third', etc.
145. Still another way of forming the ordinals, but less
used, is by simply suffixing ^_^ (I) to the cardinals. Examples :
id (yek-i) 'first', (_$j5 (dö-î) or (dö-yi) 'second', ^j^
(se-i) or (se-yi) 'third', etc.
146. The Arabic ordinal Jjl (aûwal) 'first', kurdifiedjnto
Jyb (haûwal), is usually employed instead of the t>r*^
(yek-umin), J>j (yek-um), or (_j>j (yek-i). Sometimes we
also hear the forms ^^^*. (haiiwal-i) and j^J^«>(haûwal-in).
147. The ordinals take the accent on the stem syllable
Examples: 0^^. (yek-umin), Jxj_ (yek-um), ^^ (yek-i) ;
(2;;-4->'^ (d°"y'^"'"'')' (^- (do-yum), (Jji (dö-i; c>.tr::r^
(se-yumin), JL^ (se-yum), ^ (se-i) or (se-yi), etc.
Fractionals
148. The fractional numbers are formed by employing a
cardinal, just as it is, for the numerator, and by suffixing
d\) (ek) to a cardinal, for the denominator. In case the
numerator is only dl (yek) 'one', it may be omitted in
the reading, as the suffix dl (ek) of the denominator usually
suffices for both. Examples:-
\/r dl^ : ^ ^"^^i) °^ (new-ek) 1/2
\/r " dL^ (se-yek) 1/3
ii'^ (charak) or
V/t dX^'Jr (charak-ek) 1/4
\/o dLnl^, (penj-ek) 1/5
\/\ diii (shash-ek) 1/6