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On 8/16/2016 6:57 AM, Jay F.  ("Yaakov") Shachter wrote:
> Hebrew words that end in -on are masculine in  gender, and masculine
> words usually form their plural by addin -im, but  words that end in
> -on form their plural by adding -oth as a rule, one  says ra`ayonoth
> and sh`onoth and xalonoth.


R' Zvi Lampel responded:

I  guess

evyonim
gilyonim
xivyyonim
divyonim
rimonim
tsidonim
rishonim
acharonim
kadmonim
shemonim
esronim
onim
beinonim
tachtonim
shonim
nechonim
nevonim
bonim
nidonim
aronim
armonim
almonim

are  all exceptions?

Zvi Lampel




>>>>>
 
Some of the words RZL chose as counter-examples to the "rule of  the --on 
ending" are not good examples.
 
1. Yes there is a city called Tzidon, but an inhabitant of that city is a  
Tzidoni and "Tzidonim" is the plural of Tzidoni.
 
2.  I think "onim" is a plural verb form, not the plural form of a  noun 
(what would the noun be, "on"?).  If there is a noun that refers to  "one who 
answers" then that noun would be "oneh."
 
3. The singular of beinonim is beinoni, not beinon.
 
4. Shemonim is a multiple of shemoneh, not of shemon.  (I don't think  
there's a word "shemon.")  Similarly, shonim is a plural form for  shoneh.  
Bonim is the plural of boneh.
 
5.  Finally, the plural of aron is aronos, not aronim.
 
Still, you make a good case that "--on" words do not necessarily end in  
"--onos" in the plural.  If there is rule, it has many exceptions.
 
 

--Toby  Katz
t613k at aol.com
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