 Examples are ደቀሰ "däk'käsä" 'sleep' and ወሰኸ "wässäxä" 'add'.The relatively few members of the C class (referred to in this article as "3C") take the vowel "a" between the first and second consonants.Examples are ባረኸ "baräxä" 'bless' and ናፈቐ "nafäx'ä" 'long for, miss'.