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omission of syncope in writing the article after prepositions, as כהחכם, 8:1; the fondness for abstracts in ון as יתרון, חשׁבון, שׁלטון, etc.; fondness also for abstracts in וּת, as רעוּת, 1:14, etc.; שׂכלוּת, 1:17, סכלוּת, 2:3, הוללוּת, 10:13, שׁפלוּת, 10:18, ילדוּת, 11:9; the confusion of stems לא״ and לה״, e.g., חוֹטֶא, 2:26, 8:12, 9:2, 18, see also Q.’s treatment of the forms of יצא, 7:26, 10:5, יְשֵׁבֶּא, 8:1, and cf. Ges.K. § 7500; the confusion of forms עע with forms ע״, as יָחוּשׁ from חשׁשׁ,
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