Talk:למען
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I've been thinking about this one for a while, and I really think it must be inflected the same as, say, לְנַעַל־ (l'ná'ál-, “to ...’s shoe”); that is, like this:
| Non-personal-pronoun-including form | לְמַעַן (l'má'an) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Personal-pronoun- including forms |
Singular | Plural | ||
| Masculine | Feminine | Masculine | Feminine | |
| First person | לְמַעֲנִי (l'ma'aní) | לְמַעֲנֵנוּ (l'ma'anénu) | ||
| Second person | לְמַעַנְךָ (l'ma'an'khá) | לְמַעֲנֵךְ (l'ma'anékh) | לְמַעַנְכֶם (l'ma'an'khém) | לְמַעַנְכֶן (l'ma'an'khén) |
| Third person | לְמַעֲנוֹ (l'ma'anó) | לְמַעֲנָהּ (l'ma'anáh) | לְמַעֲנָם (l'ma'anám) | לְמַעֲנָן (l'ma'anán) |
| Notes |
The áyin takes a khatáf-patákh (עֲ) in the forms where the nún has a vowel, and a full patákh (עַ) in the forms where the nún is final or has a sh'va. |
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For each form where you did provide nikúd, the above is consistent with that; and for each form where you did not, the above khatáf-patákh version is many times more popular on Google than a version with full patákh.
—RuakhTALK 15:29, 5 July 2011 (UTC)
- Sounds good. {{sofixit}}
;-)—msh210℠ 18:16, 5 July 2011 (UTC)
Done. I just wanted to check with you first, since you clearly put a lot of effort into finding sources, whereas I'm just saying "I really think it must be". —RuakhTALK 19:26, 5 July 2011 (UTC)
