4.9 Irregular Pluralization

Like any language, Hebrew has a handful of irregular nouns

Memorize these common irregular pairs⁶¹:

S	Def	P	Def.
אִישׁ	man	אֲנָשִׁים	men
אִשָּׁה	woman	נָשִׁים	women
עִיר	city	עָרִים	cities
אָב	father	אָבוֹת	fathers
בַּ֫יִת	house	בָּתִּים	houses
בַּת	daughter	בָּנוֹת	daughters
בֵּן	son	בָּנִים	sons
יוֹם	day	יָמִים	days
יָם	sea	יַמִּים	seas

• The plural forms retain the gender of their singular noun
• אָבוֹת is still masculine, and נָשִׁים is still feminine, despite the plural endings.

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