diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index a259026..2a574b2 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@lingdocs/pashto-inflector",
-  "version": "3.9.3",
+  "version": "3.9.4",
   "author": "lingdocs.com",
   "description": "A Pashto inflection and verb conjugation engine, inculding React components for displaying Pashto text, inflections, and conjugations",
   "homepage": "https://verbs.lingdocs.com",
diff --git a/src/lib/type-predicates.ts b/src/lib/type-predicates.ts
index 3863c53..bb39f19 100644
--- a/src/lib/type-predicates.ts
+++ b/src/lib/type-predicates.ts
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ export function isPattern5Entry<T extends (T.NounEntry | T.AdjectiveEntry)>(e: T
     return (
         !!(e.infap && e.infaf && e.infbp && e.infbf)
         &&
-        e.infap.slice(-1) === "ه" && e.infap.charAt(e.infap.length - 3) === "ا"
+        (!e.infap.slice(1).includes("ا") && e.infap.slice(-1) === "ه")
     );
 }