English Explanatory Dictionary

mater lectionis

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Pronunciation

/ˈmeɪtə lɛktiˈəʊnɪs/ /ˈmeɪtɚ lɛktiˈoʊnɪs/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-mater lectionis.wav

Word forms

mater lectionis matres lectionis

Etymology

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

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