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1. Paradigm I: feminines of segholate forms. (a) The locative of this class has the form (masc. ). In some cases, especially with an initial guttural, there is no means of deciding whether the form in question is to be referred to a qăṭl or a qĭṭl base, e.g.  (cf.  under b). A dual of this form occurs in (cf., fem.). Analogous to masculine forms like  is .—From masculines of the form  (, cf., k) arise feminines sometimes like , ,  (see above, ), sometimes like  ; occasionally the final  is retained before the plural ending, as if it belonged to the stem (cf. ), e.g. . Forms like  (cf. , a qŭṭl form) are derived directly from the masculine forms , , a fleet.—(b) From a stem ,  (for ), plur. .—(c) From , the ''plur. absol. is (cf., § 93, Paradigm I, f),  .—(d) Example of a feminine segholate form from a stem  (ground-form qŭṭl, like  of the form qăṭl,,  of the form qĭṭl), with ŏ for ŭ'', ,  (Aramaic orthography for ).

(e) To the list of segholate forms with fem. belong also the infinitives of verbs  and, which have rejected the weak consonant at the beginning, as  (from ),  (from ),  (from ), as well as  (from ); cf. and and g. The infinitives of verbs  are, however, also found in the form, , , and of the same origin also are  (from ),  (from ),  (from ),  , , while in the  forms ,  (from ), and , , the Ṣere has remained firm.

From a stem (cf. ) is, with suffix.