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mater_lectionis

mater lectionis

English

Noun

mater lectionis ‎(plural matres lectionis)

(phonology) A consonant letter used to represent a vowel sound in Semitic scripts.

Translations

consonant used to represent a vowel sound

Arabic: أُمّ قِرَاءَة f ‎(ʾumm qirāʾa)

Hebrew: אֵם קְרִיאָה (he) f ‎('em k'ri'á)
Russian: ма́трес лекцио́нис ‎(mátres lekciónis)