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"
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