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 Also 3. , an open e, è (' or '), as a modification of ă, either in an untoned closed syllable, as in the first syllable of (your hand) from yădkhèm—or in a tone-syllable as in ; cf. , and on the really monosyllabic character of such formations, see. But in an open tone-syllable with a following, as in  (cf. ),  (cf. ), is due to contraction from ay.

Second Class. I- and E-sounds.

Third Class. U- and O-sounds.