Meaning

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

    Lesemutter, Mater lectionis

    ма́тер лекцио́нисmátɛr lekciónis, «мать чте́ния»

Translations

4 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
consonant used to represent a vowel sound:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
consonant used to represent a vowel sound:

Origin

Borrowed from New Latin māter lēctiōnis (literally “mother of reading”), calque of Medieva

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

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Forms

plural: matres lectionis
Singularmater lectionis
Pluralmatres lectionis

irregular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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