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 2. When, through the addition of a, Nûn stands at the end of a syllable, it is readily assimilated to the second radical ; thus in the , e.g. for , ;  for ;  for ,  (on this single example of an  with original i in the second syllable, cf. h) ; also in the   for ; throughout  (, &c.) and  (which in these verbs always has , in a sharpened syllable, cf. ).

The other forms are all quite regular, e.g. the, and , all , , &c.

In Paradigm H, only those conjugations are given which differ from the regular form.

The characteristic of these verbs in all forms with a preformative is following it in the second radical. Such forms, however, are also found in certain verbs, and even in verbs. The  and the , also   and , resemble the corresponding forms of verbs  .—On , , and , from , see .—In  ( of ), and in similar forms of verbs  , the  writing of the ô indicates, as a rule, that they are not to be regarded as  of , &c.—Also   is not to be derived from , but stands for  (with a sharpening of the  as compensation for the loss of the ), from , see , and Kautzsch, , § 44. Similarly the Hiphʿil-forms,  , and the Niphʿal   are most probably from a stem , not.

Rem. 1. The instances are comparatively few in which the forms retain their Nûn before a firm consonant, e.g., imperfect  (elsewhere ); also from  the pausal form is always  (without the   ); similarly in , , ,  (where, however,  is intended), , , , the retention of the Nûn is always connected with the. In this never occurs (except in the irregular  , cf. ), in  and  very seldom; e.g.  ,  ; for   read , according to. On the other hand, the Nûn is regularly retained in all verbs, of which the second radical is a guttural, e.g., although there are rare cases like (also ) ,  (even  ; without apparent reason accented as Milʿēl),    (cf. ; the Masora, however, probably regards  and  as  from );   for.

2. The of  is treated like the Nûn of verbs. Hence, cohortative  ,  , in  and