Between two vowels this ending needs y.

kmr.morph.vowel-glide · Error · Word form

Kurmanji does not let two vowels meet at a suffix: y goes between them, and a final î shortens to i: xanî gives xaniyê.

Examples

Wrong	Right
xanîê	xaniyê
çiyaê	çiyayê

Lessons

• Lesson 3: Vowels: long and short

Related rules

• After a preposition this noun takes the oblique case.
• This ezafe does not match the noun's gender.
• This ending does not match the noun's gender.
• If you mean a specific one, this object takes the oblique.