A Grammar of Mishnaic Hebrew

92 MORPHOLOGY
in other texts. Cf. the verbs above, § 199, and Ges.-K.,
§ 75 m.
206. Qal Perfect: naj to acquire, BM i. 3; nnB^ to tarry,
gebu. ii. 3; nnna (L n33) to collect, K^t. iv. i; nnaj (L nar) BM
i. 4 • nnna to extinguish, §ab. 21a, but T03 j. Yo. ii. 3; nrin3 to
dim, Qid. 24 b; nn^y (L rbv) to go up, Zeb. ix. i ; nn^'Q (L nba)
to increase, N^g. iv. 9 ; nriDK^ (L DBC^) to be quiet, Nid. iv. 4;
rinc^ to drink, Pa. ix. 5; HlK' to be loose, Qoh. R. vii. 2; HD^ to
swell, j. BQ vii. i.
The original third radical ^ reappears in the third sing, and plur.
of the perfect with suffixes: H^J^^ patch, Kel. xxiv. 17 ; PJ'JB
to redeem, Pea iv. 8. Often, however, this ^ is changed into N,
especially in Babylonian texts: HNb^}; Suk. i. i ; ^^^2 Ter. viii. i ;
mo to burn, BQ viii. i ; HNDN (L to bake, MS ii. 3; cf.
below, § 216, and above, §§ 56, 58.
^n^?T Ber. i. 5; n'\h to borrow, BB 6 a; 1^? to invent, Ned.
10 a ; ^^y^} to forget, ib. 50 b; to roast. Pes. v. 9.
Imperf.: npb; to be smitten, BM iii. 12 ; nyij to feed, Yo. vi. i.
Jussive: fe'yi? ?^ do not make, Ab. i. 8 ; ii. 12.
Infin. : TSnrf} to take fire, Sab. viii. 7 (BH); T\\rh to chastise,
Yo. 40 b.
Imperat.: n^ Res. vii. 2 ; nj^ to repeat, Nid. 5b; to
borrow, Be. 15 b.
Partic. Active : njin to utter, San. x (xi.) i ; nD^t 'Ed. ii. 9;
nnin Yo. iv. 4; njiCD to spin, Ket. vii. 6; p n n to push off. Oh.
vii. 6; pain to cover, Hul. iii. 7 ; PIIB to redeem. Git. iv. 6; Pl^K^
to soak, §ab. i. 5.
206. A few participles are found in an adjectival form with a
in the first syllable : nDT 'Ed. ii. 10 (L; elsewhere always nail), psT
in the dictum: V J M pnPI pK] rjM tkSf tm) pDt —
one can confer an advantage upon a person in his absence, but
one cannot confer a disadvantage upon a person, except in his