The pattern of the masculine singular pa’al participle is kholem-tseirei (oh-ei): זוֹכֵר. The plural suffixes are identical to those of masculine and feminine plural adjectives. The feminine suffix is different in most cases; in strong roots it produces an ending that sounds like a segolate noun, with the final syllable unstressed: זוֹכֶ֫רֶת. There are two main exceptions to these patterns: When the middle root letter is ו or י, that middle letter is lost: שָׁב. When the final root letter is ה, the masculine singular pattern is kholem-segol (oh-eh): בּוֹנֶה.