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Matres lectionis (from
Latin "mothers of reading",
singular form:
mater lectionis, from Hebrew: אֵם קְרִיאָה 'em kri'a) are
consonants that are used to...
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matres lectionis,
which is when
certain consonants are used to
indicate vowels.
There is a
trend in
Modern Hebrew towards the use of
matres lectionis to indicate...
- when the
mater lectionis is yod (י) or
aleph (א): בְּנֵי־ ([bəne], sons of), מוֹצֵא ([moˈtse], finding). When the
mater lectionis is he (ה), the vowel...
- the next letter. If vav is used as a
mater lectionis, the
holam appears above the vav. If the
mater lectionis is alef, as in לֹא (/lo/, "no"), it is supposed...
- of the
family The
female head of a family. See
pater familias.
mater lectionis mother of
reading a
consonant used to
represent a
vowel in
writing systems...
- ( ָ ), and in this
sense functions like Aleph, Vav, and Yud as a
mater lectionis,
indicating the
presence of a long vowel. Hei,
along with Aleph, Ayin...
- vav with a geresh: ו׳יליאם – /ˈwiljam/. Vav can be used as a
mater lectionis for an o vowel, in
which case it is
known as a ḥolam male,
which in pointed...
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Modern Hebrew, Yod
represents a
palatal approximant ([j]). As a
mater lectionis, it
represents the
vowel [i]. At the end of
words with a
vowel or when...
- word;
these are
marked with an
asterisk (*).
Three letters act as
matres lectionis:
rather than
being a consonant, they
indicate a vowel. ʾālep̄ (ܐ), the...
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consonant symbols with a
secondary function as
vowel markers,
called matres lectionis. This
practice was at
first rare and
limited in
scope but
became increasingly...
