Why is it that many people say זכותו יגן עלינו - according to grammar, shouldn't it be תגן עלינו since זכות is feminine?
I guess I am just looking for a justification of the general practice.
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1Google has twice as many results for זכותו תגן עלינו as for זכותו יגן עלינו– Double AA ♦Apr 11, 2013 at 4:19
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1I'm just asking why I see זי״ע in many sefarim and not זת״ע. And saying they were ignorant to such a basic rule in grammar isn't a good answer I'm my opinion– AEMLApr 11, 2013 at 11:13
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@DoubleAA google.com/… (5120 first-page estimate) vs. google.com/… (85200 first-page estimate).– msh210 ♦Apr 11, 2013 at 15:56
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In Medieval Rabbinic literature nouns with suffixes were generally seen as grammatically male, hence the זכותו יגן instead of זכותו תגן.
See http://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9E%D7%95%D7%95%D7%AA#cite_note-6
