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 **w: ''i'' becomes ''u'' before ''w'', with ''uw'' becoming ''uu'' before a consonant - e.g. ''yuwadad'' "he loves" (from ''*yiwadad'').
 **y: ''iy'' becomes ''ii'' before a consonant - e.g. ''al tiibas'' "she/it does not dry" (from ''*tiybas'').
-**Ø: preceding ''i'' is dropped in imperfect and lengthened in jussive - e.g. ''yaahal'' "it is enough" (from ''*yiØahal''), ''ay yiihil'' "let it not be enough" (from *''yiØhil'').
+**Ø: preceding ''i'' becomes ''a'' in the imperfect and is lengthened in the jussive - e.g. ''yaahal'' "it is enough" (from ''*yiØahal''), ''ay yiihil'' "let it not be enough" (from *''yiØhil'').
 **A guttural letter (''G'': ', h, c, x): when intervocalic, preceding short vowel assimilates to following vowel - e.g. ''yaxamal'' "he carries" (from ''*yixamal'')<!--, ''ay tacrif'' "don't rest" (from ''ticrif'')-->.
 *If ''C'' is:-