L4.1: Peculiarities Among Strong Verbs#

Peculiarites of the Strong Verbal Roots#

Because of phonetic factors some verbs exhibit forms that deviate from the model.

Changes in Vowels#

The a can shift to e before or after r. The a in the neighboring syllable is also affected.

Example

  • qerēbum “to approach”

  • šebērum “to smash”

Changes in Consonants#