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<DIV><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" color=#000000 size=2
face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff></FONT><BR><BR><BR>On 8/16/2016 6:57 AM, Jay F.
("Yaakov") Shachter wrote:<BR>> Hebrew words that end in -on are masculine in
gender, and masculine<BR>> words usually form their plural by addin -im, but
words that end in<BR>> -on form their plural by adding -oth as a rule, one
says ra`ayonoth<BR>> and sh`onoth and xalonoth.<BR></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>R' Zvi Lampel responded:</DIV>
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guess<BR><BR>evyonim<BR>gilyonim<BR>xivyyonim<BR>divyonim<BR>rimonim<BR>tsidonim<BR>rishonim<BR>acharonim<BR>kadmonim<BR>shemonim<BR>esronim<BR>onim<BR>beinonim<BR>tachtonim<BR>shonim<BR>nechonim<BR>nevonim<BR>bonim<BR>nidonim<BR>aronim<BR>armonim<BR>almonim<BR><BR>are
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<DIV>Some of the words RZL chose as counter-examples to the "rule of
the --on ending" are not good examples.</DIV>
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<DIV>1. Yes there is a city called Tzidon, but an inhabitant of that city is a
Tzidoni and "Tzidonim" is the plural of Tzidoni.</DIV>
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<DIV>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."</DIV>
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<DIV>3. The singular of beinonim is beinoni, not beinon.</DIV>
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<DIV>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.</DIV>
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<DIV>5. Finally, the plural of aron is aronos, not aronim.</DIV>
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<DIV>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.</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff></FONT><BR><FONT color=#0000ff><STRONG>--Toby
Katz<BR>t613k@aol.com</STRONG></FONT><FONT lang=0 color=#ffffff size=2
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