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postalveolar in Arabic

لِثَوِيّ غَارِيّ liṯawiyy ḡāriyy

/ˌpəʊstælviˈəʊlə(ɹ)/US/ˌpoʊstælˈviələɹ/

postalveolar in Arabic: لِثَوِيّ غَارِيّ (liṯawiyy ḡāriyy). In English, postalveolar means articulated with the tongue near or touching the back of the alveolar ridge.

Arabic words for postalveolar

articulated with the tongue near or touching the back of the alveolar ridge
لِثَوِيّ غَارِيّ liṯawiyy ḡāriyy

English meaning of postalveolar

  1. adjective Articulated with the tongue near or touching the back of the alveolar ridge.
  2. noun Any sound articulated with the tongue near or touching the back of the alveolar ridge, such as English sh in the word shoe.

Full definition of postalveolar

Questions about postalveolar in Arabic

What is the meaning of postalveolar in Arabic?
Postalveolar in Arabic is لِثَوِيّ غَارِيّ (liṯawiyy ḡāriyy).
ما معنى كلمة postalveolar؟
Postalveolar: لِثَوِيّ غَارِيّ (liṯawiyy ḡāriyy).
What does postalveolar mean in English?
Postalveolar means articulated with the tongue near or touching the back of the alveolar ridge.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: postalveolar (page history and authors), its translation table and English meanings. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Arabic words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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