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The infinitive of strong verbs always has either an y or a short i, depending on the length of the stem vowel. There are | The infinitive of strong verbs always has either an y or a short i, depending on the length of the stem vowel. There are three verbs whose infinitive seemingly has the wrong vowel, namely ''zegg'' "say", whose infinitive is ''zygē'', ''stass'' "stand", whose infinitive may be either ''stissē'' or ''styzē'', and ''slap'' "sleep", whose infinitive ''slapē'' retains the stem vowel of the present tense. | ||
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