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. On the other hand (so Baer, Ginsb.; but Opit. ),  is merely written defectively, like  according to Baer (not Ginsb.) in , &c. In the 3rd plur. the use of the singular suffix is even the rule in the earlier Books (see the instances in Diehl, l. c., p. 8), e.g. (their fathers) oftener than  (this only in, and in Jer, Ezr, Neh, and Ch [in 1 K, Jer, Ezr, however,  is more common]); so always , ,. From parallel passages like compared with,  with , it appears that in many cases the longer form in  can only subsequently have taken the place of.

4. The following Paradigm of a masculine and feminine noun with suffixes is based upon a monosyllabic noun with one unchangeable vowel. With regard to the ending in the ''constr. st. of the fem. it should be further remarked that the short ă of this ending is only retained before the grave suffixes and ; before all the others (the light suffixes) it is lengthened to ā''.