English Explanatory Dictionary

kamatz

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A Hebrew nikud vowel sign, shaped like a small uppercase T, which is written beneath a letter to indicate an /a/ sound (or, in Ashkenazi pronunciation, an /o/ sound).

Word forms

kamatz kamatzes kamatzim kamats qamatz qamats kometz komets

Etymology

From Hebrew קָמָץ (kamats).

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