Modern Hebrew: An Essential Grammar

a The / type (initial )Constructsegolates garments flowers -swimsuits - thrillers - wild flowers - colors of the rainbowb The type (initial ) owners - vehicle owners " JNF forestsc The type (initial ) forms deposit forms months of the yearObserve that in each case the construct plural is reminiscent of thesingular.There are three groups of exceptions to 75(a):1 Some nouns have in the construct plural, e.g. ‘child’ ~ , ‘king’ ~ , ‘dog’ ~ 2 Nouns with an initial ‘guttural’ similarly have , e.g. ‘evening’ ~, ‘kindness’ ~ 3 A sub-exception to 2: several common nouns keep their e (in terms ofnikkud, changes to ): ‘part’ ~ , ‘article’ ~ , ‘side’ ~ 135