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mater lectionis (/ˌmeɪtər ˌlɛktiˈoʊnɪs/ MAY-tər LEK-tee-OH-niss, /ˌmɑːtər -/ MAH-tər -;
Latin for 'mother of reading', pl.
matres lectionis /ˌmɑːtreɪs...
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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...
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sounds were left implicit—though late
varieties sometimes used
matres lectionis to
denote some vowels. As its
letters were
originally incised using a...
- 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...
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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...
- its
function as a consonant, and,
together with ya’ and wāw, is a
mater lectionis, a
consonant sign
standing in for a long
vowel (see below), or as support...
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Modern Hebrew, Yod
represents a
palatal approximant ([j]). As a
mater lectionis, it
represents the
vowel [i]. In gematria, Yod
represents the
number ten...
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indicate vowels are
known as אִמּוֹת קְרִיאָה (imot kri'a) or
matres lectionis ("mothers of reading"). Therefore, it can be
difficult to
deduce how a...
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Martyrologium Romanum, Ordo
Lectionis Martyrologii, 13–16 Ordo
Lectionis Martyrologii, 1–6 Ordo
Lectionis Martyrologii, 8 Ordo
Lectionis Martyrologii, 7 & 9 International...
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indicates that the
letter was used as a
mater lectionis in some
phase of
Phoenician or Aramaic. The
matres lectionis functioned as
occasional vowel markers to...
