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mater lectionis
‖ mater lectionis Gram. (ˈmeɪtə lɛktɪˈəʊnɪs) Pl. matres lectionis. [mod.L., lit. ‘mother of reading’.] A letter which has the function of a diacritical mark; spec. in Hebrew writing, a sign indicating a vowel sound.1846 B. Davies tr. Gesenius's Hebrew Gram. i. i. §8 The vowel-letters are also called... Oxford English Dictionary
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Holam
The mater lectionis letter which is usually employed with holam is vav, although in a few words, the letters or are used instead of . If vav is used as a mater lectionis, the holam appears above the vav. wikipedia.org
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Defective
to:: Defective matrix, in algebra Defective verb, in linguistics Defective, or haser, in Hebrew orthography, a spelling variant that does not include mater lectionis Something presenting an anomaly, such as a product defect, making it nonfunctional See also Defect (disambiguation) wikipedia.org
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Plene scriptum
often describe the addition of a consonantal letter, such as vav and yud (used in place of the vowels 'o', 'u', 'i', and 'ei'), as employing matres lectionis See also Mater lectionis Hebrew spelling Parashah Qere and Ketiv Ktiv hasar niqqud Footnotes References External links — 11th–12th century wikipedia.org
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Tzere
In final open syllables, when the mater lectionis is yod (י) or aleph (א‎): בְּנֵי־ (, sons of), מוֹצֵא (, finding). The letter he (ה) is very rarely used as a mater lectionis for in the middle of the word. wikipedia.org
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He (letter)
lectionis, indicating the presence of a long vowel. lectionis but the consonant should be aspirated in that position. wikipedia.org
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Mappiq
These consonants are called matres lectionis. See also Hebrew alphabet Hebrew phonology Mater lectionis Rafe References Niqqud wikipedia.org
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Yodh
As a mater lectionis, it represents the vowel . Jot, or iota, refers to the letter Yod; it was often overlooked by scribes because of its size and position as a mater lectionis. wikipedia.org
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Aleph
In later Semitic languages, aleph could sometimes function as a mater lectionis indicating the presence of a vowel elsewhere (usually long). Aleph is sometimes used as a mater lectionis to denote a vowel, usually . wikipedia.org
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Semivowel
See also Diphthong Hiatus (linguistics) List of phonetics topics Mater lectionis Syllabic consonant Voiced labio-velar approximant References Sources wikipedia.org
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Rafe
as a plosive, or (sometimes) that a consonant is single and not double; or, as the opposite to a mappiq, to show that the letters ה or א are silent (mater lectionis). wikipedia.org
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Hiriq
In writing without niqqud, the letter yud is added more often as a mater lectionis, than in writing with niqqud, The main exception is the i vowel in a wikipedia.org
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Waw (letter)
Vav with a dot on top Vav can be used as a mater lectionis for an o vowel, in which case it is known as a , which in pointed text is marked as vav with When it is used as a mater lectionis, a waw with a dot above the letter is pronounced [o], and a waw with a dot under the letter is pronounced [u]. wikipedia.org
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Ktiv hasar niqqud
known as ktiv maleh (; , literally "full spelling"), are the rules for writing Hebrew without vowel points (niqqud), often replacing them with matres lectionis :Still, consonantal yod is not doubled in the middle of a word when it is before or after mater lectionis: ‎, ‎, ‎, ‎, (proyekt, mesuyam, re'aya, be'aya wikipedia.org
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Belarusian Arabic alphabet
The sounds (ў) and (в) were both represented by the same symbol: Equivalence chart Vowels /a/ is consistently written long (that is, with a mater lectionis), while /e/ is consistently written short. wikipedia.org
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