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mater lectionis

UK/ˈmeɪtə lɛktiˈəʊnɪs//ˈmeɪtɚ lɛktiˈoʊnɪs/

mater lectionis noun: a consonant letter used to represent a vowel sound in Semitic scripts.

Noun

mater lectionis (plural matres lectionis)

  1. A consonant letter used to represent a vowel sound in Semitic scripts.

mater lectionis meaning in Arabic

mater lectionis in Arabic

consonant used to represent a vowel sound
أُمّ قِرَاءَة ʔumm qirāʔa

Forms of mater lectionis

pluralmatres lectionis

Origin of mater lectionis

Borrowed from New Latin māter lēctiōnis (literally “mother of reading”), calque of Medieval Hebrew אֵם קְרִיאָה (ʾēm qərîʾā).

Questions about mater lectionis

What does mater lectionis mean?
Mater lectionis means a consonant letter used to represent a vowel sound in Semitic scripts.
What is mater lectionis in Arabic?
Mater lectionis in Arabic is أُمّ قِرَاءَة (ʔumm qirāʔa). See Mater lectionis meaning in Arabic.
What part of speech is mater lectionis?
Mater lectionis is a noun.
How do you pronounce mater lectionis?
Mater lectionis is pronounced /ˈmeɪtə lɛktiˈəʊnɪs/ (UK).
What is the plural of mater lectionis?
The plural of mater lectionis is matres lectionis.

Words near mater lectionis in the dictionary

  1. mateology
  2. mateotechny
  3. mater
  4. mater dolorosa
  5. mater dolorosas
  6. mater lectionis
  7. mater sammich
  8. mater sammiches
  9. Matera
  10. Materan
  11. materfamilias

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