A segholet noun is a two-syllable masculine or feminine noun, which has an accented first syllable and the second root radical carries the vowel seghôl (◌ֶ). I. HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT The segholate nouns developed from triliteral roots (three root radicals) in which there was a short vowel between the first and the second radicals, forming a closed syllable, together with an original case ending (now lost) on the third radical. The vowel between the first and the second radical