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 plural of, and of ; however,  is also found in the former sense (in constr. st. ) and  in the latter (e.g.  according to the reading of Ben Naphtali and Qimḥi); cf. also   .—The ''constr. st.'' plural of is   f., as if from a sing. : of,  (on these qeṭōl-forms, cf. t).—If   is not dual but plural (see the Lexicon) it is then analogous to the examples, given in  and , of plurals without a pretonic ; cf. , probably from a sing. . According to Barth, xlii, 345 f.  is a sing. (, the ground-form of, with suffix).

In the ''constr. st. plur. the only example with original ŭ'' is ; otherwise like, , &c.

4. Besides the forms treated hitherto we have to consider also a series of formations, which have their characteristic vowel under the second radical, as is ordinarily the case in Aramaic (on the origin of these forms see further, ). Thus (a) of the form ;, ; in , , ; (as constr. st., see above, ),  (elsewhere always ), and infinitives like  (on , see above, h); , ă being modified to è (but in  ); locative , also. With suffixes in the usual manner,  (an infin. with suffix, therefore not ). On the other hand, the ă is retained in the ''plur. absol. by sharpening the final consonant:  marshes'',,.

(b) Of the form :, , &c. ; locative, with suff. , plur. , ; but , ; on the ''infin. constr.'', cf. .

(c) of the form : (with suff., just as  occurs in  along with the constr. st.  ; cf. for the Dageš, ), perhaps also , pl..

5. Paradigms g–i comprise the segholate forms with middle or : (a) of the form qăṭl with  as a strong consonant, in which cases the original ă is almost always lengthened to ā (Paradigm g), thus, , , ; with final , ; cf. however, also. In the ''constr. st.'' contraction always occurs,, &c. (from original maut), and likewise before suffixes, &c. Exception, as ''constr. st.'' (according to Qimḥi) and with suff. . The contraction remains also in all cases in the plural (but see below, ).

(b) Of the form qăṭl with consonantal (Paradigm h). With final, (also ), in  , in the ''constr. st.'' (also )  (also ); plur. and  according to Baer, i.e. doubtless  (cf.  ; according to another reading [and so Ginsburg] ,