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Brockelmann,, p. 140 ff.; , p. 589 ff.

So far as retains its full consonantal value as a guttural, these verbs share all the peculiarities of verbs primae gutturalis, mentioned in § 63. They are, however, to be treated as weak verbs, when the loses its value as a consonant, and coalesces with the preceding vowel (originally short) to form one long syllable. This takes place only in the following very common verbs and forms, as if through phonetic decay:—

1. In the, five verbs (viz. , , , , ) regularly make the quiesce in a long ô, e.g. . In a few others the ordinary (strong) form is also in use, as  (18 times) and  (3 times) he takes hold;  (see h), also , he collects. This ô has primarily arisen from an obscuring of ô, and the â from , the weak consonant coalescing with ă to â; cf. .

In the second syllable ō (for original ŭ) never appears, but either ē or ă; and in almost always ē, even before the tone-bearing heavy afformative, e.g.  , without the pause. In the 3rd ''sing. masc. and 1st sing. of, however, ă is always retained in pause, and ; but in the 2nd   , in the 3rd   ; in the plural  , ,  , with Segolta''; cf. also, &c. But with conjunctive accents in the body of the sentence, ă (as being a lighter vowel) is used, e.g., but in   ; cf. a similar interchange of ē and ă in. The 3rd ''fem. plur. impf.'' always has the form.

When the tone moves back, the final syllable of the imperfects of and, with a conjunctive accent, also always takes , e.g.  , ; in  the loss of the tone from the final syllable only occurs in the form with