04-12-2008, 11:48 PM
Paul Younan Wrote:One of these exceptions, for instance, is when a word is formed with what's called a "weak 3rd-radical" (meaning that the third letter (radical) is weak, i.e., an Aleph, Yodh, Ayin, etc.) the plural is formed by inserting a Yodh between the second and 3rd (weak) radical.
Shlama Paul,
Ayin is a weak letter? I knew of aleph, yodh, and waw, but I didn't know ayin was weak too. I know in my modern dialect ayin has pretty much vanished, so it's like aleph (hence it being weak), but is this true in the old language too?