1.particle
Gives the genitive sense without the object itself for singular masculine nouns.
Forms the definitive case for singular masculine nouns and adjectives.
Examples
Ev qelem yê min e.
This pen is mine.
Eva yê kê ye? Ev yê bav ê men e.
Whose is this? It's my father's
Yê başhedad keniya, got: Lawo, ji xwe ra tiştekî din bixwaze, sendanê min tucar naşkê, got "Bila, qe, ez vi şerti bi te ra bikim."
The head-blacksmith laughed and said: Boy, ask for thyself something else, my anvil never breaks, he said "So be it, whatever, I make this bet with thee."
Etymology
From ê.