Active Participles in Roots ending in aleph, he, het, and ayin
1.) If the third consonant of a verb ends in the letter aleph, all of the conjugated forms are the same as verbs with strong roots except for the feminine singular form. In the final aleph form, the aleph does not accept a vowel, and the vowel under the second consonant is lengthened from a segol to a sere. The following examples illustrate the conjugated forms of the final aleph roots:
2.) If the third consonant of a verb ends in a he, the conjugated forms of the participle are formed just like the declension of adjectives with a final he. The masculine singular form is written with a segol instead of a sere. The feminine singular form ends in a qames he. In the plural forms, the final he is simply dropped. The following paradigm illustrates this pattern:
3.) If the third consonant of a verb ends in the letters het or ayin, the conjugated forms are similar to verbs with strong roots except that short /e/ vowels will tend to become short /a/ vowels when they are found adjacent to het or ayin. The following paradigm illustrates this pattern: