Modern Hebrew: An Essential Grammar

" action nouns (recall 50) insert for their ‘missing letter’,Note thatexcept for the two -patterns (HIPA’ALUT and HITPA’ALUT): building repetition cover covering oneself discriminationNouns fromadjectives,e.g. ‘slowness’Sometimes, nouns of these patterns have further or simply othermeanings. Thus: (action of) binding or (physical) binding of a book (action of) gathering or a kibbutzSometimes an unexpected pattern is used, e.g.: dancing wedding distribution acceptance fightingUnfortunately, few dictionaries list the action noun under the verb.65 Nouns from adjectives, e.g. ³ e̬ Ìê ‘slowness’Abstract nouns can often be formed from adjectives, just like English‘vast vastness’.For adjectives with the suffix (8(a), 69), simply add : slow normal slowness normality115