a-practical-kurdish-grammar

24 A PRACTICAL KURDISH GRAMMAR
(2.) Of two succeeding long vowels, the following vowel is
often assimilated by the preceding. Examples: ip^'
(atûsh) 'thou also', for (f-'_y'^ (atû-îsh); (fi*XJ( (angösh)
'you also', for^li Aj |(angö-îsh).
Note. Exceptions to this rule are met with in words in which
the preceding vowel is an 1 . Examples: ol li^su (padishaek)
'a King'; i^\ j (brack) 'a brother'; dAil j- (chrack) 'a light';
d\.t>U (khûllaek) 'a God'.
(3.) Of three succeeding vowels, or a vowel and a diph¬
thong, the first vowel is often assimilated. Examples : _jb
(daû) 'in that' or 'in this', for ,\ a> (da-aia) ; _j\, (baû) 'by
that' or 'by this', for j\
(daû) for jb > _^ (baû) for jb ; and J (lai3) 'from this'
or 'from that', for _j\