A mater lectionis (/ˌmeɪtər ˌlɛktiˈoʊnɪs/ MAY-tər LEK-tee-OH-niss, /ˌmɑːtər -/ MAH-tər -⁠; Latin for 'mother of reading', pl. matres lectionis /ˌmɑːtreɪs...

the mid back rounded vowel, [o̞], and is transliterated as an o. The mater lectionis letter which is usually employed with holam is vav, although in a few...

word; these are marked with an asterisk (*). Three letters act as matres lectionis: rather than being a consonant, they indicate a vowel. ʾālep̄ (ܐ), the...

These consonants are called matres lectionis (New Latin: sg. māter lēctiōnis "mother of reading", pl. mātrēs lēctiōnis "mothers of reading", calques of...

syllables, when the mater lectionis is yod (י) or aleph (א): בְּנֵי־ ([bəne], sons of), מוֹצֵא ([moˈtse], finding). When the mater lectionis is he (ה), the...

rarely, vav with a geresh: ו׳יליאם‎ – /ˈwiljam/. Vav can be used as a mater lectionis for an o vowel, in which case it is known as a ḥolam male, which in...

matres lectionis, which is when certain consonants are used to indicate vowels. There is a trend in Modern Hebrew towards the use of matres lectionis to indicate...

Hebrew. In later Semitic languages, aleph could sometimes function as a mater lectionis indicating the presence of a vowel elsewhere (usually long). When this...

opposite to a mappiq, to show that the letters ה‎ or א‎ are silent (mater lectionis). The rafe generally fell out of use for Hebrew with the coming of...

<ου> as a consonant, <υ> as a consonant after vowels, <ου ω> as a mater lectionis Biblical Hebrew orthography refers to the various systems which have...

but shuruq is used when the text uses full spelling (with waw as a mater lectionis). Each of the vowel phonemes could be allophonically lengthened; occasionally...

Eastern Aramaic language notable for its abundant use of vowel letters (mater lectionis with aleph, he only in final position, ‘ayin, waw, yud) in writing...

and Modern Hebrew, Yod represents a palatal approximant ([j]). As a mater lectionis, it represents the vowel [i]. In gematria, Yod represents the number...

consonant sound—later on, pronounced [v]—or a long [u] vowel sound: see Mater Lectionis.) The first ones to use the name of Jesus something like "Yahshuah"...

the four letters in the Tetragrammaton can individually serve as a mater lectionis. Several centuries later, between the 5th through 10th centuries CE...

its function as a consonant, and, together with ya’ and wāw, is a mater lectionis, a consonant sign standing in for a long vowel (see below), or as support...

( ָ‎ ), and in this sense functions like Aleph, Vav, and Yud as a mater lectionis, indicating the presence of a long vowel. However, it may also be used...

Rioplatense Spanish. Diphthong Hiatus (linguistics) List of phonetics topics Mater lectionis Syllabic consonant Voiced labio-velar approximant Ladefoged & Maddieson...

Consonant gemination /a/ is consistently written long (that is, with a mater lectionis), while /e/ is consistently written short. /o/ is most commonly written...

Nabataean Aramaic. Proto-Aramaic long *ā is sometimes spelled with a mater lectionis w, as in *ʔināš > ʔnwš 'human', *θamānā > tmwnʔ 'eight (m.)'. This...

د, ذ Hē* h [h] 5 ‎ ה ه Waw* consonant: w mater lectionis: ū or ō (also u or o) consonant: [w] mater lectionis: [u] or [o] 6 ‎ ו و Zayn* z [z] 7 ‎ ז ز Ḥēṯ...

transcribed with macrons (Āā, Ēē, Īī, Ōō, Ūū) and are written with mater lectionis ( for /o/ and /u/, for /i/, which are also used at the end of a word...

equivalent ࠀ ʾālāf ∅ ~ [ʔ] Either silent or like in _uh-_oh. Also used as mater lectionis for certain open vowels. א ࠁ bīt [b] Like in bear. ב ࠂ gāʾman [g] Like...

Hebrew might signify an absolutive case ending, marked by 'he' as a mater lectionis, notwithstanding common wisdom that makes a suffix impossible. Adding...

haser, in Hebrew orthography, a spelling variant that does not include mater lectionis Something presenting an anomaly, such as a product defect, making it...

and when it should be on the line ء, or placed above the previous mater lectionis, such as in alif with hamzah above أ, or even if it should be used...

dialects. The close front vowels usually use the consonant י y as a mater lectionis. The close back vowel is the "long" u (like the vowel in "school",...

phonology Great Vowel Shift Inherent vowel List of phonetics topics Mater lectionis Scale of vowels Table of vowels Vowel coalescence Words without vowels...

as can be seen in Chagigah 15a:6. The consonant yod (י) acts as a mater lectionis (mother of reading), usually indicating the vowel hiriq (ī). Secondly...

letters (mostly approximant consonant letters) in a process called mater lectionis e.g. in Modern Arabic the long vowel /aː/ is represented by the letter...