mater lectionis

短语

发音

UK /ˈmeɪtə lɛktiˈəʊnɪs/
US /ˈmeɪtɚ lɛktiˈoʊnɪs/

词形变化

matres lectionis 复数 matres lectionis

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

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

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词源

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

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