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 * and especially before , , , , , ; fem.  (for , according to ), in  . Once  masc. (by aphaeresis, ), , as in Aramaic; plur. , but also iidem.

, from ʾăḥăwăt or ʾăḥăyăt, with elision of the or, and with the â, which has arisen from ăă, obscured to ô. In  stands for  (with virtual sharpening of the ). The plur. does not happen