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§ 50.
(1) ū of the plural in the Perfect and Imperative after consonants: ܩܜܰܠܘ qe̊tal from qe̊tálū; ܩܱܜܶܠܘ, ܐܱܩܜܶܠܘ, ܩܜܘܿܠܘ; ܫܱܒܱ݁ܚܘ "they praised", &c. (but we have the full sound in ܓܠܱܘ ge̊lau, ܓܰܠܻܝܘ gallīu "revealed", &c).
(2) ī of the suffix of the 1st sing, after consonants, thus: ܡܱܠܟܝ malk "my king" from malkī; ܩܱܜܠܱܢܝ "killed me"; ܓܠܴܢܝ, ܓܰܠܝܱܢܝ "revealed me", &c. (but ܡܱܠ̈ܟܱܝ "my kings" ; and also the monosyllables ܒܺܝ "in me", ܠܻܝ "to me", in which no falling away was possible: So too ܟܘܿܠܝܼ, ܟܽܠܻܝ "I wholly", "the whole of me" ["my totality"]).
(3) ī of the suffix of the 3rd sing. m. ܗܝ with the noun: ܡܱܠ݁ܟܱܘܗ̄ܝ malkau from malkauhī "his kings", and with the Verb in cases like ܓܠܴܝܗ̄ܝ, ܢܷܩܜܠܻܝܘܗ̄ܝ, ܩܜܘܿܠܴܝܗ̄ܝ, ܢܷܓܠܷܝܘܗ̄ܝ, no doubt from ge̊lāihī &c.
(4) ī of the 2nd fem. sing. in ܐܱܢ̄ܬ݁ܝ at from a(n)tī "thou" (f.); ܡܱܠܟܷܟܝ malkḗkh from malkḗkhī (both with e?) ܡܱ̈ܠܟܱ݁ܝܟ݁ܝ; ܠܷܟ݂ܝ; ܩܜܰܠܬ݁ܝ; ܫܱܒܱܚܬ݁ܝ, &c.
(5) In the following special cases: in ܡܶܢ ܫܷܠܝ "from quiet" = "suddenly", absolute state of ܫܷܠܝܳܐ from šélī (like פֵּרִי); in ܐܷܡܱܬ݂ܝ "when?" from emmắthai; ܐܷܬ݂ܡܳܠܝ "yesterday" from ethmā́lē; and the derived word ܡܢܳܬܡܳܠܝ "the day before yesterday"; lastly in the much maimed form ܐܷܫܬ݁ܩܱܕܝ (or ܐܷܫܬ݁ܩܱܕ) "last year".
B. Even in very ancient MSS. the unpronounced ܝ's are often wanting: a similar ܘ is more rarely omitted. Conversely ܝ, which one was in the habit of so often writing,—apparently without cause,—was in some cases attached parasitically to words ending in a consonant; e. g. there occurs in old manuscripts ܐܠܗܝ for ܐܰܠܴܗ "God" (Construct State); ܐܒܝ for ܐܴܒ "August"; ܪܘܚܝ for ܪܽܘܚ "spirit". Occasionally it is- ↑ Even the hymns of Bardesanes seem to neglect them, as regards the number of syllables.