xet

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

From Arabic خَطّ (ḵaṭṭ), verbal noun of خَطَّ (ḵaṭṭa, “to draw; to write; to carve”), derived from the root خ ط ط (ḵ ṭ ṭ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xɛt/

Noun

xet m or f (Arabic spelling خەت)

1. line

   Synonym: rêz

2. furrow

   Synonym: şov

3. (in the plural) handwriting, script

Declension

Declension of xet

Definite feminine and masculine gender
Case	Feminine (sg)	Masculine (sg)	Plural
Nominative	xet	xet	xet
Construct	xeta	xetê	xetên
Oblique	xetê	xetî	xetan
Demonstrative oblique	wê xetê	wî xetî	wan xetan
Vocative	xetê	xeto	xetino
Indefinite feminine and masculine gender
Case	Feminine (sg)	Masculine (sg)	Plural
Nominative	xetek	xetek	xetin
Construct	xeteke	xetekî	xetine
Oblique	xetekê	xetekî	xetinan

References

• Chyet, Michael L. (2020) “xet”, in Ferhenga Birûskî: Kurmanji–English Dictionary (Language Series; 2), volume 2, London: Transnational Press, page 400

Wolof

Pronunciation

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Noun

xet (definite form xet gi)

1. odor

References

Omar Ka (2018) Nanu Dégg Wolof, National African Language Resource Center, →ISBN, page 259