فَقُلِبَتِ الْوَاوُ يَاءً.
Translation: The wāw was then changed into a yāʾ.
This is qalb, substitution of one letter for another. The original plural inflection does not cease to exist merely because its sound changes.
Distinction: a letter’s phonetic form is not identical with the case sign it represents historically.
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Noun Case Class 9 — Sound Masculine Plural with My
فَقُلِبَتِ الْوَاوُ يَاءً.
Translation: The wāw was then changed into a yāʾ.
This is qalb, substitution of one letter for another. The original plural inflection does not cease to exist merely because its sound changes.
Distinction: a letter’s phonetic form is not identical with the case sign it represents historically.