
Why not "מְקַנֵּאת"? It is a pi'el verb, not hif'il, isn't it?

Both are accepted, and both are in use.
I used the form with which, I believe, Israelis are more familiar.
As for myself, I use this form of the verb rather than the one you suggested.

נסה לשאול גם את
MrShoval.
אני חושב שאפשר להעלות גם הוואריאנט השני, עם "מקנאת", בתור משפט נוסף.

I just found this explanation:
http://www.safa-ivrit.org/form/mekanet.php
Very interesting.

It's really interesting (I read Hasafa Ha-Ivrit from time to time, but I haven't seen this particular item).
I'm curious what MrShoval would think - whether he would recommend the form you suggested.
We can add it as a parallel variant.
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