kerguh

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

Compare Persian خرگوش (xerguš).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɛɾˈɡʊh/

Noun

Central Kurdish	کەروێشک (kerwêşk)
Zazaki	hergoş

kerguh m or f

1. hare, rabbit

Declension

Declension of kerguh

Definite feminine and masculine gender
Case	Feminine (sg)	Masculine (sg)	Plural
Nominative	kerguh	kerguh	kerguh
Construct	kerguha	kerguhê	kerguhên
Oblique	kerguhê	kerguhî	kerguhan
Demonstrative oblique	wê kerguhê	wî kerguhî	wan kerguhan
Vocative	kerguhê	kerguho	kerguhino
Indefinite feminine and masculine gender
Case	Feminine (sg)	Masculine (sg)	Plural
Nominative	kerguhek	kerguhek	kerguhin
Construct	kerguheke	kerguhekî	kerguhine
Oblique	kerguhekê	kerguhekî	kerguhinan

Dialectal variants

• kerguhk
• kêrgî
• keroşk
• kêroşk
• kîroşk
• kîrgoşk
• kergoşk
• kêvrîşk
• kêrûşk

References

• Chyet, Michael L. (2003) “kerguh”, in Kurdish–English Dictionary‎^[1], with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, page 309