English Explanatory Dictionary

begadkefat

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A phenomenon of spirantization affecting most plosive consonants of Biblical Hebrew and Aramaic when they are preceded by a vowel and not geminated; also any similar case of spirantization of postvocalic plosives in other languages, such as Berber.

Pronunciation

/bəˈɡɑd.kəˌfɑt/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-JutishMale-begadkefat.wav

Word forms

begadkefat begadkephat begedkefet beghadhkephath

Etymology

Constructed from the consonants involved: ב (b), ג (g), ד (d), כ (k), פ (p (f)), and ת (t). Compare Hebrew בֶּגֶ״ד כֶּפֶ״ת (béged kéfet), the Hebrew mnemonic.

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