avî
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Northern Kurdish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]av (“water”) + -î (“-y, -ish”)
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]avî (comparative avîtir, superlative herî avî or avîtirîn, Arabic spelling ئاڤی)
- fluid, liquid, watery
- (not comparable) aquatic, water-dwelling
- Antonym: bejî
- irrigated, well-watered (of land)
Noun
[edit]avî f (Arabic spelling ئاڤی)
- dew (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc)
Declension
[edit]Declension of avî
References
[edit]- Chyet, Michael L. (2020) “avî I”, in Ferhenga Birûskî: Kurmanji–English Dictionary (Language Series; 1), volume 1, London: Transnational Press, page 19
- Chyet, Michael L. (2020) “avî II”, in Ferhenga Birûskî: Kurmanji–English Dictionary (Language Series; 1), volume 1, London: Transnational Press, page 19