How do Rules 5 and 6 differ?
Miscellaneous Morphological Explanations: Eight Rules for Wāw, Yāʾ, Alif and Hamzah
- Both concern only jussive verbs
- 6 concerns masculine sound plurals
- 5 permits ḍamma/kasra cases; 6 gives two special fatḥa cases
- 5 applies only to final wāw