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Re: Construct States

From:Steg Belsky <draqonfayir@...>
Date:Thursday, March 4, 1999, 2:23
On Wed, 3 Mar 1999 08:37:42 +0200 vardi <vardi@...> writes:
>> _migdal or_ = "tower of light" >> (plural - _migdalei or_) >> >> --->> _migdelor_ = "lighthouse" >> with the plural form _migdelorim_.
>Hmmm - that is what the dictionary says. But I've never heard any one >use that plural - I'll check with a few people at the office today! I >suspect many people might flip it back to a "norma" construct and say >migdalei or as the plural. > > Shaul
I've never even heard someone use the word _migdelor_ at all, as far as i can remember. I just remembered this as an example of "hhidushim" in Israeli Hebrew from the History of the Hebrew Language book i read a while ago. -Stephen (Steg) "hhalomot zeh b'emet" ___________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com/getjuno.html or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]